six o'clock in the morning
With that warm , supple little body pressed against him , his mind for once left his work and paused to ponder on the loneliness of the past sixteen years and on the thrilling promise of the desert star-glow . No human being can be completely sane who does not pause at intervals to express the tenderness that marks humans from animals . But Roger did not know this . It was six o'clock in the morning when the train pulled in to Archer 's Springs and Ernest , Roger and Felicia alighted . They stood for a moment in silence after the train pulled out . They were apparently the only persons awake in the world . `` Where 's Charley ? ''