ten o'clock
Now go to bed , dear lad ; you are worn out . '' Anthony knelt for the old man 's blessing , and left the room . * * * * The interview next day was more formidable than he had expected . He was at the Secretary 's house by ten o'clock , and waited below while the Archbishop 's letter was taken up . The servant came back in a few minutes , and asked him to follow ; and in an agony of anxiety , but with a clear head again this morning , and every faculty tense , he went upstairs after him , and was ushered into the room where Walsingham sat at a table . There was silence as the two bowed , but Sir Francis did not offer to rise , but sat with the Archbishop 's letter in his hand , glancing through it again , as the other stood and waited . `` I understand , '' said the Secretary at last , and his voice was dry and unsympathetic , -- `` I understand , from his Grace 's letter , that you desire to aid a popish priest called Oldham or Maxwell , arrested at mass on Sunday morning in Newman 's Court .