six o'clock in the morning
In the night , however , just when the faint streaks of the summer dawn were visible in the summer sky , Liz Hepburn rose very softly from the side of the sleeping Teen , and , gathering her things together in an untidy bundle , stole out of the room and down-stairs . The Scotch terrier , asleep on his mat at the foot of the stair , only looked up sleepily and wagged his tail as she stepped over him and stole softly through the hall . The well-oiled bolts slipped back noiselessly , and she ran out down the steps , leaving the door wide to the wall . And so they found it at six o'clock in the morning , just when Liz was stepping into the first train at a wayside station many miles from Bourhill . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- ` I think we had better go down and see what Gladys is about , ' said Mrs. Fordyce at the breakfast-table . ` Could you go down with me this afternoon , Tom ? '