about one in the afternoon
Cowperwood , when he conferred with Mrs. Carter , insisted that Berenice was quixotic , nervously awry , to wish to modify her state , to eschew society and invalidate her wondrous charm by any sort of professional life . By prearrangement with Mrs. Carter he hurried to Pocono at a time when he knew that Berenice was there alone . Ever since the Beales Chadsey incident she had been evading him . When he arrived , as he did about one in the afternoon of a crisp January day , there was snow on the ground , and the surrounding landscape was bathed in a crystalline light that gave back to the eye endless facets of luster -- jewel beams that cut space with a flash . The automobile had been introduced by now , and he rode in a touring-car of eighty horse-power that gave back from its dark-brown , varnished surface a lacquered light . In a great fur coat and cap of round , black lamb 's - wool he arrived at the door . `` Well , Bevy , '' he exclaimed , pretending not to know of Mrs. Carter 's absence , `` how are you ?