about five
o’clock
Tyrrel shared all her indignation . The slow torture of any creature was an intolerable crime in his eyes , but when the brutality was exercised on a woman , and on a countrywoman , he was roused to the highest pitch of indignation . When Wednesday arrived he did not leave the house , but waited with Ethel for the message they confidently expected . It came about five o'clock -- urgent , imperative , entreating , `` Come , for God 's sake ! He will kill me . '' The carriage was ready , and in half an hour they were at Mostyn Hall . No one answered their summons , but as they stood listening and waiting , a shrill cry of pain and anger pierced the silence .