four o'clock
Her dresses are always first class , and she is interested in such things . '' `` For still the Lord is Lord of Might , In deeds , in deeds , He takes delight . '' -- R. L. S. Evelyn Desmond 's picnic was an accomplished fact . At four o'clock , in the full glare of a late March sun , a business-like detachment of twenty horses , and one disdainful camel , proceeded at a brisk trot along the lifeless desolation of the Bunnoo Road . The party kept in close formation , straggling of any sort being inadmissible when the bounds of the station have been left behind . Ten of the riders were English , and an armed escort guarded them in front and rear ; the camel , in gala trappings of red and blue , being responsible for provisions , enamelled iron tea-things , and the men 's guns . Notwithstanding the absence of the Kresneys , Evelyn Desmond was in a mood of unusual effervescence .