five o'clock
They sat down at the table , but scarcely touched the food . When the form of dining -- for it was little more than a form that day -- was over , the abbess and her nuns arose , and separated about their several vocations . Later on , the abbess sent a message to the Old Men 's Home , inquiring after the wounded man . She received an answer to the effect that the patient had waked up , and had been told of the telegram from the Duke of Hereward , and the expected arrival of his grace at five o'clock . The news had satisfied the suffering man , who had been calmer ever since its reception . He had also been told of the arrival of his wife , but he had declined to see her , or _ any _ one , until he should have seen the Duke of Hereward . He was saving up all his little strength for his interview with the duke .