ten o'clock
Write the note at once , please , dear Katy . I will ring your bell for you , and then I must hurry back to Amy . '' Katy made haste with the note . The answer came promptly in half an hour , and by ten o'clock the physician recommended appeared . Dr. Hilary was a dark little Italian to all appearance ; but his mother had been a Scotch-woman , and he spoke English very well , -- a great comfort to poor Mrs. Ashe , who knew not a word of Italian and not a great deal of French . He felt Amy 's pulse for a long time , and tested her temperature ; but he gave no positive opinion , only left a prescription , and said that he would call later in the day and should then be able to judge more clearly what the attack was likely to prove . Katy augured ill from this reserve .