about one o'clock
He had fallen upon his old strange , futile dreams , now rendered poignant by reason of love . He drove away those dreams . In their places came the images of the olive-skinned Longstreth with his sharp eyes , and the dark , evil-faced Lawson , and then returned tenfold more thrilling and sinister the old strange passion to meet Poggin . It was about one o'clock when Duane rode into Fairdale . The streets for the most part were deserted . He went directly to find Morton and Zimmer . He found them at length , restless , somber , anxious , but unaware of the part he had played at Ord .