eight a.m.
She was going down to Fawn Court almost immediately , to stay there with her old friends till she should be able to find some permanent home for herself . Once , and once only , would she endure discussion , and then the matter should be banished for ever from her tongue . Early on the appointed morning Frank Greystock , with a couple of cabs , was at Mrs. Carbuncle 's door in Hertford Street . Lizzie had agreed to start by a very early train , -- at eight a.m. , -- so that she might get through to Portray in one day . It had been thought expedient , both by herself and by her cousin , that for the present there should be no more sleeping at the Carlisle hotel . The robbery was probably still talked about in that establishment ; and the report of the proceedings at the police-court had , no doubt , travelled as far north as the border city . It was to be a long day , and could hardly be other than sad .