nearly four o'clock in the
afternoon
Why he thus hurried away he never could explain . Ever since he had leant on the bridge over the Berwen in the morning he had been haunted by a feeling of Valmai 's presence . Little had he guessed that she had been so near him while he looked down through the interlacing scenery which hid the river from his sight . It was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon as he reached that part of the high road from which the beach was visible , and here he stopped a moment to look and wonder at the storm , which had so suddenly increased in violence . `` How far up the beach at Ynysoer those breakers run ! And the Rock Bridge ! -- I would n't like to cross that to-night ; but surely that was a woman 's figure crossing it now ! ''