Eight in the morning
My head is in a whirl ; my confusion is so great that I think of fifty different things in trying to think of one . I must wait -- a day more or less is of no consequence now -- I must wait till I can face my new position , without feeling bewildered by it . '' `` November 23d . -- Eight in the morning . -- I rose an hour ago , and saw my way clearly to the first step that I must take under present circumstances . `` It is of the utmost importance to me to know what is doing at Thorpe Ambrose ; and it would be the height of rashness , while I am quite in the dark in this matter , to venture there myself . The only other alternative is to write to somebody on the spot for news ; and the only person I can write to is -- Bashwood .