two o’clock
You have an excellent memory , and you may not have forgotten that I received a note from Major Milroy 's mother -LRB- after she had engaged me as governess -RRB- on Monday last . It was dated and signed ; and here it is , as far as the first page : ` June 23d , 1851 . Dear Madam -- Pray excuse my troubling you , before you go to Thorpe Ambrose , with a word more about the habits observed in my son 's household . When I had the pleasure of seeing you at two o'clock to-day , in Kingsdown Crescent , I had another appointment in a distant part of London at three ; and , in the hurry of the moment , one or two little matters escaped me which I think I ought to impress on your attention . ' The rest of the letter is not of the slightest importance , but the lines that I have just copied are well worthy of all the attention you can bestow on them . They have saved me from discovery , my dear , before I have been a week in Major Milroy 's service ! `` It happened no later than yesterday evening , and it began and ended in this manner : `` There is a gentleman here , -LRB- of whom I shall have more to say presently -RRB- who is an intimate friend of young Armadale 's , and who bears the strange name of Midwinter .