ten o'clock
was the next question . `` I will tell you all presently . Pay the man , dear , and let him go . Or stay , tell him to come for me at ten o'clock to-morrow morning . '' Mrs. Costello was sitting by the fire when Lucia came back from her errand . She looked excessively pale and tired , but in her face and in that of Mr. Strafford as he stood opposite to her there was a light and flicker of strong excitement . Both turned to Lucia , and Mrs. Costello held out her hand .