About two o'clock
He could see in imagination the machine flying off into the clouds with Pauline in it . He could see it suddenly waver , dip and plunge to the earth . In his mind 's eye he saw himself rushing to , the wreck , lifting out the girl 's crushed form , wildly calling for a doctor , and exulting all the time that she was beyond human aid . About two o'clock Owen fell into a doze , and in that doze came one of his vivid opium dreams . He beheld Hicks enter his bedroom . It was not Hicks , the blackmailer , but Hicks , the counselor , who had told Owen how he might become rich . Hicks was speaking to him in a sort of noiseless voice , very different from his usual tones .