two o'clock
`` I have a candle in my hand , which you can take , while I order Elbert to get your buggy ready . '' `` Thank you , Salome . '' She placed the candle on the mat before his door , laid the note beside it , and went down to the servants ' rooms to call the driver . It was two o'clock , and Dr. Grey had come home only an hour before , from a patient who resided at some distance . Dressing himself as expeditiously as possible , he read the blurred and crumpled note . `` Dr. Grey : For God 's sake come as quick as possible . I am afraid my mother is dying .