Six o'clock
Teach Thou us , O Master most divine , To feel the deep significance Of these wise words of Thine ! `` The haughty eye shall seek in vain What innocence beholds ; No cunning finds the key of heaven , No strength its gate unfolds . `` Alone to guilelessness and love That gate shall open fall ; The mind of pride is nothingness , The childlike heart is all . '' Six o'clock had chimed from the church tower , and already the sun 's rays were falling slantwise across the water , and tingeing the kingly heights of Arran with a royal purple radiance . On a bench , somewhat removed from the bustle and the hubbub , Major Dene sat smoking and dreaming . He had come out a little while before to seek the children , who , along with Perry , were enjoying the fresh sights and novelties to the full . From where he lounged he could see them standing on the fringe of a crowd that had rapidly collected on the road right in front of one of the hotels .