nearly one o'clock
And Laura had not even a bag -- positively not a hand-bag . A reflection which was the starting-point of a hundred new alarms , under which poor Mrs. Fountain tossed till the morning . * * * * * Meanwhile Helbeck went to his study . It was nearly one o'clock when he entered it , but the thought of sleep never occurred to him . He took out of his pocket the telegram from Braeside , re-read it , and destroyed it . So Mason was with her -- for of course it was Mason . Not one word of such a conjunction was to be gathered from the sister .