the hour of two
He tried to be angry with her , but after the first hour he found it impossible . He was a man of too much imagination not to be able to put himself , in some measure at least , in her place , -- to perceive that for her the step which had placed her in Tryon 's world was the working out of nature 's great law of self-preservation , for which he could not blame her . But for the sheerest accident , -- no , rather , but for a providential interference , -- he would have married her , and might have gone to the grave unconscious that she was other than she seemed . The clock struck the hour of two . With a shiver he closed the window , undressed by the moonlight , drew down the shade , and went to bed . He fell into an unquiet slumber , and dreamed again of Rena . He must learn to control his waking thoughts ; his dreams could not be curbed .