Eight in the morning
Hartley could listen no longer . The fate of Menie Gray , connected with such a man and such a woman , rushed on his fancy in the most horrid colours , and he was struggling through the throng to get to some place where he might collect his ideas , and consider what could be done for her protection , when a black attendant touched his arm , and at the same time slipped a card into his hand . It bore , `` Miss Gray , Mrs. Montreville 's , at the house of Ram Sing Cottah , in the Black Town . '' On the reverse was written with a pencil , `` Eight in the morning . '' This intimation of her residence implied , of course , a permission , nay , an invitation , to wait upon her at the hour specified . Hartley 's heart beat at the idea of seeing her once more , and still more highly at the thought of being able to serve her . At least , he thought , if there is danger near her , as is much to be suspected , she shall not want a counsellor , or , if necessary , a protector .