two o'clock before
He sent another and longer telegram . This time it was to Blackton . He ate dinner with Stevens , who had his new outfit ready for the mountains . It was two o'clock before he brought Joanne up to the station . She was dressed now as he had first seen her when she entered Quade 's place . A veil covered her face . Through the gray film of it he caught the soft warm glow of her eyes and the shimmer of gold-brown tendrils of her hair .