one o'clock
He led her from the harness room to the outer room , where Mrs. Tree and Hilma took charge of her , and then , impatient , refusing to answer the hundreds of anxious questions that assailed him , hurried back to the harness room . Already the balloting was in progress , Osterman acting as temporary chairman on the very first ballot he was made secretary of the League pro tem. , and Magnus unanimously chosen for its President . An executive committee was formed , which was to meet the next day at the Los Muertos ranch house . It was half-past one o'clock . In the barn outside the greater number of the guests had departed . Long since the musicians had disappeared . There only remained the families of the ranch owners involved in the meeting in the harness room .