about two P.M.
All this passed like lightning through his mind as he read the telegram and handed it to Jack , who , he insisted , should return with him to Crompton . `` I feel awfully shaky , and I want you there if anything happens , '' he said , while Jack , whose first thought had been that he would be in the way , was not loath to go . Eloise was in Crompton , and ever since he left it , a thought of her had been in his mind . `` If I find her as sweet and lovely as I left her , I 'll ask her to be my wife , and take her away from Mrs. Biggs , '' he was thinking as the train sped on over the New England hills toward Crompton , which it reached about two P.M. Peter was at the station with Sam , and to Howard 's eager questions answered , `` Pretty bad . No change since morning . Do n't seem to know anybody except Mrs. Amy and Miss Eloise . She 's with him all the time , and he tries to smile when she speaks to him . ''