about ten o'clock
He had remembered some directions he would give her , and at the risk of being left , had come back a moment . She did not hear the turning of the knob , the opening of the door , or know that he for whom she prayed was standing so near to her that he heard distinctly what she said , kneeling there by the chair where he had sat , her fair head bent down and her face concealed from view . `` God in heaven bless and keep the noble Irving Stanley . '' * * * * * In the office below , Dr. Richards , who had purposely stopped for the day in Albany , smoked his expensive cigars , ordered oysters and wine sent to his room -- the very one adjoining Adah 's -- made two or three calls , wrote an explanatory note to ` Lina -- feeling half tempted to leave out the `` Dear , '' with which he felt constrained to preface it -- thought again of Lily -- poor Lily , as he always called her -- thought once of the strange woman and the little boy , in whom Irving Stanley had been so interested , wondered where they were going , and who it was the boy looked a little like -- thought somehow of Anna in connection with that boy ; and then , late in the afternoon , sauntered down to the Boston depot , and took his seat in the car , which , at about ten o'clock that night would deposit him at Snowdon . There were no `` squalling brats '' to disturb him , for Adah , unconscious of his proximity , was in the rear car -- pale , weary , and nervous with the dread which her near approach to Terrace Hill inspired . What , if after all , Anna , should not want her ? And this was a possible contingency , notwithstanding Alice had been no sanguine .