Five o’clock
As a necessary result , the agony of the disease that is in me has got the upper hand again . I felt the attack coming on , and left abruptly , so as not to alarm or distress him . It only lasted a quarter of an hour this time , and it left me strength enough to go on with my work . Five o'clock . -- I have written my reply to Miss Verinder . The arrangement I have proposed reconciles the interests on both sides , if she will only consent to it . After first stating the objections that there are to a meeting between Mr. Blake and herself , before the experiment is tried , I have suggested that she should so time her journey as to arrive at the house privately , on the evening when we make the attempt .