Eight o'clock
The report has passed through several mouths ; no doubt it is exaggerated . '' `` I hope so , '' replied Aunt Faith ; `` and still I have a strong presentiment that Mr. Leslie is very ill . His face looked strangely worn and pallid as he sat there that last evening , and when fever attacks a man as strong and full of life as he is , the contest is far more severe than with a more feeble patient . '' Eight o'clock struck , but still Hugh did not return . A step sounded up the walk in the dusky twilight , but it was not his ; Graham Marr appeared , and again asked for Miss Warrington . `` Go and tell Sibyl , my dear , '' said Aunt Faith to Bessie with an inward sigh . Then , as Bessie went into the house , she said , `` Have you heard of Mr. Leslie 's illness , Mr. Marr ? ''