10:30
Could any place on the earth be more healthful , more helpful to human life than this wide-porched , cool-halled house , this garden , this air ? What difference could a few thousand feet make on the heart 's action ? The thought of putting away all hope of seeing Ben Fordyce came at last to overtop all Bertha 's other regrets as the lordly peak overrode the clouds -- and yet she was determined to go . Very quietly she told her mother that she had decided to put off her visit to Sibley , and at 10:30 she drove down to the station and sent her away composedly . At the moment she was glad to get her out of the town , so that she should not share in the grief of next day 's departure . To Miss Franklin she then confided the doctor 's warning , and together they began to pack . Haney , with lowering brow and bleeding heart , went to his bed denouncing himself .