six o’clock
With this new crown upon her ! Humble as the beautiful beggar-maid must have felt when the king raised her , she wondered why she had been thus chosen by one whom she had deemed so immeasurably above her . And this is another phase of woman 's love , -- that it exalts the beloved beyond all reasoning . At six o'clock the hills in their soft carpet of dull browns and greens were gently warming under the sun 's first rays . At seven the early train that Dr. Kemp purposed taking would leave . Ruth , with this knowledge at heart , had softly risen and left the cottage . Close behind the depot rose a wooded hill .