seven o'clock
If she had only flung herself weeping into his arms . If for once he could have felt himself stronger than she -- indispensable . The dinner was on Monday . On Wednesday morning she met him at the Fort Lee Ferry at seven o'clock for one of their rare tramps . She wore high-laced boots of soft leather , a short skirt and jersey and a soft hat ; and if she had met any of her guests of that memorable dinner they would have looked profoundly thoughtful , and renounced whatever hope of having seared her to the bone they may have cherished . She strode through the woods above the Palisades beside Clavering with high head and sparkling eyes , her arms swinging like a schoolboy 's . It was evident even to him , who had waited for her anxiously , that she had rubbed a sponge over her memory .