four o'clock
We made a mistake , Jack . We should have gone West together at once , and faced old Hugh . '' The young lawyer 's eyes were filled with tears as he read the rest of Clayton 's statement , evidently prepared to offset any attempt on his life . But he was ready to battle within the enemy 's lines , with a calm and unmoved face , when he met Arthur Ferris at four o'clock . Witherspoon scarcely recognized the man whom he instinctively felt to be Randall Clayton 's murderer . There were great furrows in Ferris ' pale cheeks as he handed him a telegram . `` I believe that the whole world is going mad , '' desperately said the baffled Ferris .