We shall reach the glacier by five.

Will you be ready ?" And at midnight accordingly he set out by the light of a lantern.

Sylvia stood outside the hotel and watched the flame diminish to a star, dance for a little while, and then go out.

For her, as for all women, the bad hour had struck when there was nothing to do but to sit and watch and wait.

Perhaps her husband, after all, was wrong, she said to herself, and repeated the phrase, hoping that repetition would carry conviction to her heart.
But early on that morning Chayne had sure evidence that he was right.