two A.M.
He had directed her to a hotel close by , but she declined going there . Thinking she was fatigued and might relish it , he had , after supper , carried a pitcher of iced tea to the waiting-room , but though he remained there until nine o'clock she was nowhere visible . He went home and went to sleep , but the violence of the storm aroused him ; and when he took his lantern and went back to unlock the ticket office , he searched the whole place , and the prisoner was not in the building . This was at half-past two A.M. , and the pitcher of tea remained untouched where he had placed it . It was not raining when he returned , and a few minutes after he had hunted for the prisoner , he was standing in the door of his office and he saw her coming down the railway track , from the direction of the water tank and the bridge . She was breathing rapidly as if she had been running , and witness noticed that her clothes were damp , and that some drops of water fell from the edge of her hat . A lamp-post stood in front of the station , and he saw her plainly ; asked her why she did not stay in the room , which he had left open for her ?