about four o'clock
Then she coaxed the tame doe to eat out of her hand . She dragged Helen off for wild flowers , curious and thoughtless by turns . And at length she fell asleep , quickly , in a way that reminded Helen of the childhood now gone forever . Dale called them to dinner about four o'clock , as the sun was reddening the western rampart of the park . Helen wondered where the day had gone . The hours had flown swiftly , serenely , bringing her scarcely a thought of her uncle or dread of her forced detention there or possible discovery by those outlaws supposed to be hunting for her . After she realized the passing of those hours she had an intangible and indescribable feeling of what Dale had meant about dreaming the hours away .