nine o'clock
No ; a thousand times no ! Not with the image of that grief-stricken face imprinted on his mind . Not with the accents of that earnest appeal ringing on his ear . Robert left Audley the next morning by an early train , and reached Shoreditch a little after nine o'clock . He did not return to his chambers , but called a cab and drove straight to Crescent Villas , West Brompton . He knew that he should fail in finding the lady he went to seek at this address , as his uncle had failed a few months before , but he thought it possible to obtain some clew to the schoolmistress ' new residence , in spite of Sir Michael 's ill-success . `` Mrs. Vincent was in a dying state , according to the telegraphic message , '' Robert thought .