one o'clock
Callahan came in afterward , and sitting together Mr. Brock and Gertrude listened while the three railroad men planned the campaign for the next day . Parting late , Glover said good-night and left with Callahan to inspect the rotary . The fearful punishment of the day 's work on the knives had shown itself , and since dark , relays of mechanics from the Sleepy Cat shops had been busy with the cutting gear , and the companion plough had already been ordered in from the eighth district . Glover returned to the car at one o'clock . The lights were low , and Clem , a night-owl , fixed him in a chair near the door . For an hour everything was very still , then Gertrude , sleeping lightly , heard voices . Glover walked back past the compartments ; she heard him asking Clem for brandy -- Bill Dancing , the lineman , had come with news .