ten in the morning
Residents from the Frio and San Miguel and as far south on the home river as Lagarto , including the villagers of Oakville , usually lent their presence on this occasion . The white element of Las Palomas was present without an exception . As usual , Miss Jean went by ambulance , starting the afternoon before and spending the night at a ranch above the ferry . Those remaining made a daybreak start , reaching Shepherd 's by ten in the morning . While on the way from the ranch to the ferry , I was visited with some misgivings as to whether Esther McLeod had yet returned from San Antonio . At the delivery of San Miguel 's cattle at Las Palomas , Miss Jean had been very attentive to Tony Hunter , Esther 's brother-in-law , and through him she learned that Esther 's school closed for the summer vacation on the fifteenth of April , and that within a week afterward she was expected at home . Shortly after our reaching the ferry , a number of vehicles drove in from Oakville .