Six o'clock
It is perfect , authentic , and alive . Whether a large and immediate popularity will fall to it I can not say , but certainly the discriminating will find it and keep it and keep it alive . If Mr. Swinnerton were never to write another word I think he might count on this much of his work living , as much of the work of Mary Austen , W.H. Hudson , and Stephen Crane will live , when many of the more portentous reputations of to-day may have served their purpose in the world and become no more than fading names . Six o'clock was striking . The darkness by Westminster Bridge was intense ; and as the tramcar turned the corner from the Embankment Jenny craned to look at the thickly running water below . The glistening of reflected lights which spotted the surface of the Thames gave its rapid current an air of such mysterious and especially sinister power that she was for an instant aware of almost uncontrollable terror . She could feel her heart beating , yet she could not withdraw her gaze .