ten o'clock
Its pallor rather loaned an air of distingue , but -- and the examination was being conducted for the benefit of a girl of twenty -- it was the full-aged visage of a man of forty . More than ever a conviction fixed itself in Crane 's mind that , no matter how strong or disinterested his love for Allis might be , he would win her only by diplomacy . After all , he was better versed in that form of love-making , if it might be so called . Crane was expecting Langdon at ten o'clock . He heard a step in the breakfast room , and , turning his head , saw that it was the Trainer . Mechanically Crane pulled his watch from his pocket ; he had thought it earlier ; it was ten . Langdon was on time to a minute .