Ten o'clock
Tom did not reply . The Marquis went inside , and presently Tom could see him standing at the window , the marine glass in his hands , sweeping the countryside . Pembroke passed an anxious morning . Ten o'clock came ; half-past ; eleven struck . Nancy had not appeared , or was there a sign of Dan . Unable to be patient longer , he set out on the Port Road to meet his friend . The smoke was curling from the chimneys of the House on the Dunes as Dan drove up the long marsh road from the beach .