7:50
Had the foreman made his escape ? With so many promptly after him , it seemed scarcely probable . Then the saving of Twenty was still upon his own shoulders ! And there was little time in which to do anything , for she was due at 7:50 , and it must be after 7 already ! Could he not reach the switch itself , and throw it back just before the train was due ? That would be surest . And in the rapidly growing darkness there should be at least a fair chance of getting by any of the foreigners who might be on the watch .