three
o'clock
He wanted to be by his side -- nay , he wanted to kneel at his feet , to plead with him , to beg for his love . He had not been long in his room before a look of determination came into his eyes . He had yielded to the overmastering feeling in his heart , and a few minutes later he was in the street again , on his way to Strangeways Gaol . Daylight was now dying , although it was only a little after three o'clock . The sky was murky and smoke-laden , the air was utterly still . All round the centre of the city the people still discussed the events of the morning . Outside the Town Hall , in the Square , outside the Hospital , all down Market Street , along Corporation Street , the people stood in excited groups ; and although the intense feeling which had been aroused in the morning had somewhat subsided , there was only one subject which was of paramount interest .