eight o'clock
Agitated and annoyed by the anticipation of trouble , he went apart and broke the letter open . First appeared an enclosure -- a letter in his cousin Mary 's writing . He turned to the other sheet and read these lines , -- ` I send you something that has come by post this afternoon . Please to bring it with you when you meet me at eight o'clock -- if you still care to do so . ' His face flushed with anger . What contemptible woman 's folly was this ? ` If you still care to do so ' -- and written in a hand that shook .