eleven
o'clock
The Duke came close to the clump of furze and stood by the spot where his wife and the Captain had held their dialogue ; he examined the furze as if searching for a hiding-place , and in doing so discovered the hut . The latter he walked round and then looked inside ; finding it to all seeming empty , he entered , closing the door behind him and taking his place at the little circular window against which the boy 's face had been pressed just before . The Duke had not adopted his measures too rapidly , if his object were concealment . Almost as soon as he had stationed himself there eleven o'clock struck , and the slender young man who had previously graced the scene promptly reappeared from the north quarter of the down . The spot of assignation having , by the accident of his running forward on the foregoing night , removed itself from the Devil 's Door to the clump of furze , he instinctively came thither , and waited for the Duchess where he had met her before . But a fearful surprise was in store for him to-night , as well as for the trembling juvenile . At his appearance the Duke breathed more and more quickly , his breathings being distinctly audible to the crouching boy .