three o'clock before
A boy carried ashore the great cross , and with him came a soldier bearing the lilies of France , the standard of which he sank into the turf . The detail of costume and armament had been carefully searched out by Ruth herself , and the properties were exact . She was sure that this part of the picture at least could not be criticised but to be praised . It was three o'clock before the party disembarked and went back to the camp for a delayed lunch . The remainder of the afternoon was devoted to the taking of several `` close-ups '' and an interior scene that had been built on the island rather than in the city studio of the Alectrion Film Corporation . The films taken earlier in the day were developed , and that evening after dinner Ruth and Helen joined Mr. Hammond and Mr. Hooley in the projection room to see a `` run '' of the strip taken at the island where the Frenchmen landed . `` Do you know that that island is the one we landed on ourselves the other evening , Ruth ? ''