one o'clock
Then let me go to sleep . '' Cass , still furious , but uneasy , did not again address her . When the coach stopped at Blazing Star she asked him , indifferently : `` When does this sentimental pilgrimage begin ? '' `` I return for her at one o'clock , '' replied Cass , stiffly . He kept his word . He appeased his eager companions with a promise of future fortune , and exhibited the present and tangible reward . By a circuitous route known only to himself , he led Miss Mortimer to the road before the cabin .