It was midnight when he put up his light tent, built a fire, and went to sleep.

He was up again at dawn.

At two o'clock he came into the clearing about Lac Bain.

As he hurried to Breed's quarters he wondered if Colonel Becker or Isobel had seen him from their window.
He had noticed that the curtain was up, and that a thin spiral of smoke was rising from the clay chimney that descended to the fireplace in their room.
He found Breed, the factor, poring over one of the ledgers which he and Colonel Becker had examined.

He started to his feet when he saw Philip.
"Where in the name of blazes have you been ?" were his first words, as he held out a hand.