two o'clock
It was all too easy to see , in her fancy , her lover helpless and suffering in the power of those cold-blooded , merciless insects . In an hour or two she reached the head of a small stream . Hurrying down its banks as rapidly as its undergrowth would permit , Rolla followed its course as it bent , winding and twisting , in the direction which had always been north to her , but which the sun plainly labeled `` south . '' Certainly the sun mounted steadily toward the zenith , passing successively through the positions corresponding to four , three and two o'clock , in a manner absolutely baffling . About noon she came out of the canon into the foothills . Another brief rest , and from the top of a knoll she found herself looking upon a valley about the size of the one she called `` home . '' Otherwise , it was very different .