about noon
He recalled , with the approval of an aristocrat in taste , the daintiness of her movements , the delicacy of her hands as they lay open on the fence , even her indifference to him , to him , who was in no wise accustomed to indifference in women . At twilight he went to the Chestnut Ridge , but Katrine was not there , nor did she come . The following day he went again with a similar resulting . The third day he saw her about noon on the river-bank , and she waved her hand to him in a cavalier fashion , disappearing into a small copse of dogwood , not to reappear . The thing had become amusing . During this time he saw neither Dermott McDermott nor the new overseer , whom he learned was at Marlton on affairs concerning a sawmill . The fourth day after his meeting with Katrine a message from the great doctor gave him the dignity of a mission , and he rode to the old lodge to show her the letter , which said that Dr. Johnston would be at Ravenel soon .