about eight o’clock in the
evening
For he was not only a gentleman , but a marked one ; possessing features of unusual symmetry as well as a form of peculiar elegance . Not so very young -- he might well be forty -- there were yet evident on his face the impress of youth 's strongest emotions , not a curve of his chin nor a glance of his eye betraying in any way the slightest leaning towards _ ennui , _ though face and figure were of that type which seems most to invite and cherish it . `` He can have no connection with the police force , '' thought I ; `` nor is it by any means certain that he knows me , or is interested in my affairs ; but I shall not soon forget him , for all that . '' The summons from Eleanore Leavenworth came about eight o'clock in the evening . It was brought by Thomas , and read as follows : `` Come , Oh , come ! I -- '' there breaking off in a tremble , as if the pen had fallen from a nerveless hand . It did not take me long to find my way to her home .