ten o'clock
`` Read that ! I can not , -- I can not ! '' And throwing them a long despatch , she astonished her next-door neighbors by fairly bursting into tears . It was with difficulty that the ladies could recover composure in time for the inevitable visit that they knew must come from Mrs. Whaling , and _ did _ come at ten o'clock . Some strange things had been happening at Russell . Among others the midnight serenade at Mrs. Truscott 's had been repeated . Miss Sanford and Mrs. Truscott both heard it this time , and when Mrs. Truscott would have gone to the window to peep and see who it was who sang so delightfully , Miss Sanford restrained her , quietly saying that this was his second visit , and she knew it to be Sergeant Wolf .