eight o’clock
It was only that she allowed her bright indulgence for Charley to cast the shadow of his image over the faults of his friend ; and except by the sadness that dwelt in every line of her sweet face , she did not attract me . I was ever aware of an inward judgment which I did not believe I deserved , and I would turn from her look with a sense of injury which greater love would have changed into keen pain . Once , however , I did meet a look of sympathy from Mary . On the second Monday of the fortnight I was more anxious than ever to reach the end of my labours , and was in the court , accompanied by Charley , as early as eight o'clock . From the hall a dark passage led past the door of the dining-room to the garden . Through the dark tube of the passage we saw the bright green of a lovely bit of sward , and upon it Mary and Clara , radiant in white morning dresses . We joined them .