ten o'clock
Mr. Wellington remained in his study and among other things had Buffalo on the telephone for half an hour . Armitage spent the morning with the boys and showed them several shifty boxing and wrestling tricks which won Ronald to him quite as effectually as the jiu-jitsu grip had won his younger brother the preceding day . At luncheon , Anne 's peevish mood had not diminished , which , to Sara , would have been a source of joy had she not feared that it was due to the fact that Koltsoff had not been good company all the morning . He was , in truth , quite at his wits ' end to account for the behavior of Yeasky , who had been instructed to get into communication with him by ten o'clock , and had failed to do so . Thus Koltsoff , even when with Anne , had been preoccupied and in need of a great deal of entertaining . Armitage took him to the city after lunch and as usual was instructed to return to The Crags . This gave Jack opportunity to see Chief Roberts and to learn that Yeasky was resting easily and cheerfully , apparently eager to live up to the very letter of his contract .