Just then the sound of a clock came very faintly across the still air, striking the hour of one.
She stepped from the water a few paces, and began hastily to put off her clothing; in a moment her feet were again in the ripples, and she was walking out from the beach, till her gleaming body was hidden.

Then she bathed, breasting the full flow with delight, making the sundered and broken water flash myriad reflections of the moon and stars.
* * * * * Waymark was at the station next morning half an hour before train-time.
He waited for Ida's arrival before taking his ticket.

She did not come.
He walked about in feverish impatience, plaguing himself with all manner of doubt and apprehension.

The train came into the station, and yet she had not arrived.

It started, and no sign of her.
He waited yet five minutes, then walked hastily into the town, and to Ida's lodgings.