one o'clock
There was nothing of incident in the night-ride which followed , demanding description in these pages , except that Leslie found a pleasure he had not anticipated , in Miss Josey 's growing drowsy and making a pillow of him eventually . There , have been heavier burdens than that he bore ; and what with the soft breath playing so near his cheek in the innocence of slumber -- the light form around which he was obliged to clasp his arm -LRB- as a matter of duty -- to keep her from slipping from the seat , of course ! -RRB- -- the dashes through dusky woods and the glimpses of the moonlit river , -- what with all these and the pleasant company of a heart that had never yet known what it was to be desponding , Tom Leslie managed to enjoy the latter portion of the ride to Albany , amazingly . At one o'clock he woke up the pleasant burden on his arm , and half an hour after , Josephine Harris was cradled in soft slumbers at the Delavan , in Albany , while Tom Leslie , a very human description of guardian angel , was watching over her slumbers from his sleepless pillow in another wing of the building . Corresponding precautions to those of the evening were taken in the morning , when the travellers took the cars of the Central Road , for Utica and their separation ; but in that instance they seemed to be superfluous . Whether Colonel Egbert Crawford disdained to pursue his route at that early hour in the morning , or whether he had one more favorable report to make at the Adjutant-General 's office , of the condition of the Two Hundredth Regiment , detaining him in Albany for another train , -- certain it is that he did not make his appearance , and that the `` amateur detective '' and her companion were free to choose any of the cars of the train . A rapid ride through the Mohawk Valley , with the quiet river of the same name ever at their side , and the Erie Canal continually in view , with its pleasant reminder of the extent and the wealth of the Empire State , -- and before their morning 's conversation was half finished -LRB- for what check or bound is there to the invaluable nothings of two lovers who have not yet recovered from the novelty of their first impressions ? -RRB-