six o'clock in the evening
We will try Wanmeeting . '' Agreed . They fetched a wide detour to the north-west , climbed the long ridge of rock which binds Hauterive to the place of their election , and made way along the overside of it , taking to cover as much as they could . By six o'clock in the evening they were as near as they dared to be until nightfall . As they stood they could see the ridge rear its ragged head to watch over the cleft where-through the two Wans race to be free . Upon the slope of this bluff was the town itself , a walled town the colour of the bare rock , with towers and belfries . The westering sun threw the whole into warmth and mellow light .