nearly eleven o'clock
And , indeed , it would be trifling with my reader to hang many more pages with black when he and I both know Lucy Fontaine is alive all the time . Meantime the French sloop lay at her anchor , and Lucy fretted with impatience . At noon the next day she sailed , and , being a slow vessel , did not anchor off the port of -- till daybreak the day after . Then she had to wait for the tide , and it was nearly eleven o'clock when Lucy landed . She went immediately to the principal inn to get a conveyance . On the road , whom should she meet but Mr. Hardie . He gave a joyful start at sight of her , and with more heart than she could have expected welcomed her to life again .