two o'clock before
`` We 'll go round to Les Casquets and bring Mrs. Cartier over here , mother . She 's a poor creature , and she ca n't be left alone . Who can tell when Cartier and I will be back ! '' It was two o'clock before the men started to walk to Saint Pierre Port . It was brilliant moonlight at four o'clock , and the gusts of snow had died away with the wind ; but the men searched , in vain , for any trace of Ellenor . As soon as it was dawn , the two parishes were roused , and those who were kind helped to look for the missing girl . The rest shrugged their shoulders and said that Christmas Day was not meant to be wasted in such a search , for such a queer wild girl as Ellenor Cartier .