about noon
He had hardly been in the station a minute . When a minute later an official opened the door of the carriage he found Christophe asleep . Christophe awoke , dazed , thinking he had been asleep an hour ; he got out heavily and dragged himself to the customs , and when he was definitely accepted on foreign territory , having no more to defend himself , he lay down along a seat in the waiting room and dropped off and slept like a log . * * * * * He awoke about noon . Lorchen could hardly come before two or three o'clock . While he was waiting for the trains he walked up and down the platform of the little station . Then he went straight on into the middle of the fields ; It was a gray and joyless day giving warning of the approach of winter .