ten minutes past one
`` Well , that will save us all a lot of trouble , McKellar , '' said Mr. Cord , and presently left his gloomy gardener . He had attained his object . When he went back into the house , Eddie had gone , and he could go back to his new driver in peace . He was not interrupted until ten minutes past one , when Crystal came into the room , her eyes shining with exactly the same color that , beyond the lawn , the sea was displaying . Unlike Eddie , she looked better than in her fancy dress . She had on flat tennis shoes , a cotton blouse and a duck skirt , and a russet-colored sweater . Miss Cox would have rejected every item of her costume except the row of pearls , which just showed at her throat .