six o'clock
Those far off summits were so startlingly vivid in outline that they seemed to be more accessible than the mist shrouded ravines cleaving their dun sides . It needed an effort of the imagination to correct the erring testimony of the eye . `` The moods of the hills are variable , my lady , -- femininely fickle , in fact . There is a proverb that contrasts the wind with woman 's mind ; but the disillusioned male who framed it evidently possessed little knowledge of weather changes in the high Alps , or else he -- '' `` Did you beguile me out of my cozy room at six o'clock on a frosty morning to regale me with stale jibes at my sex ? '' `` Perish the thought , Miss Wynton ! My only intent was to explain that the ancient proverb maker , meaning to be rude , might have found a better simile . '' `` Meanwhile , I am so cold that the only mood left in my composition is one of impatience to be moving . ''