one o'clock
Next moment I started off in track of him , going quickly and cautiously ; I could see him wiping his face all the way , and I was not so sure now that he had not been running before . I walked very slowly now , and watched him carefully ; he stopped at the blacksmith 's . I stepped into hiding , and saw the door open , and Herr Mack enter the house . It was one o'clock ; I could tell by the look of the sea and the grass . A few days passed as best they could ; my only friend was the forest and the great loneliness . Dear God ! I had never before known what it was to be so alone as on the first of those days .