eight o’clock
Angry and perplexed , I was about to bid her be gone , when , to my great surprise , she pulled out a red handkerchief from her pocket , and I recognized Q. `` Read that , '' said he , hastily advancing and putting a slip of paper into my hand . And , without another word or look , left the room , closing the door behind him . Rising in considerable agitation , I took it to the window , and by the rapidly increasing light , succeeded in making out the rudely scrawled lines as follows : `` She is here ; I have seen her ; in the room marked with a cross in the accompanying plan . Wait till eight o'clock , then go up . I will contrive some means of getting Mrs. B -- out of the house . '' Sketched below this was the following plan of the upper floor : Hannah , then , was in the small back room over the dining-room , and I had not been deceived in thinking I had heard steps overhead , the evening before . Greatly relieved , and yet at the same time much moved at the near prospect of being brought face to face with one who we had every reason to believe was acquainted with the dreadful secret involved in the Leavenworth murder , I lay down once more , and endeavored to catch another hour 's rest .