three o'clock
Lord George had told her that she might be put in prison , -- whether he had said for years or for months she had forgotten . And she thought she had heard of people 's property being confiscated to the Crown when they had been made out to be guilty of certain great offences . Oh , how she wished that she had a rock ! When three o'clock came she had not started for Scotland or elsewhere , and at last she received the major . Could she have thoroughly trusted the servant , she would have denied herself at the last moment , but she feared that she might be betrayed , and she thought that her position would be rendered even worse than it was at present by a futile attempt . She was sitting alone , pale , haggard , trembling , when Major Mackintosh was shown into her room . It may be as well explained at once that , at this moment , the major knew , or thought that he knew , every circumstance of the two robberies , and that his surmises were in every respect right .