two a.m. before
_ Now back to politics . _ But he finished off his drink , and put out his cigar , and rose to follow the Governor . Politics , after all , was the reason he had come . * * * * * It was two a.m. before Senator Vance Duran wearily dropped into bed . But he found no rest in sleep that night . For in his dreams he seemed to see a youngster walking , now through a forest , now through a city , now through an autumn countryside . And in the boy 's hand was a tightly capped bottle .