4 in the morning
she 's deeper than I thought if that be true . The wider the berth , the better ! '' He gave no sign , and , as he had expected , a note arrived in due course . It ran : -- THE MAPLES , 8th July -- 4 in the morning . DEAR SIR : I fear I am a woman of little purpose , for I intended to flit here like a swallow and as noiselessly flit again , accomplishing a political trifle for you meanwhile , of which you never should be the wiser . But alas ! I am tormented by the idea that you never _ will _ know , that in this great crisis of your career , you think me indifferent when I understand so well your terrible anxieties , your need for stupendous exertion , and all that this convention means to this great country and to yourself ; and heart and soul and brain , at the risk of my popularity , -- that I love , sir , -- and of a social position grudgingly acquired me , but which I demand by right of an inheritance of which the world knows less than of my elevation by Colonel Croix , -- at the risk of all , I am here and working for you .