6:30
Gordon remained in the house during the entire afternoon . Kate called a boy and sent two messages . One of them summoned her lawyer , the same polite gentleman who had brought the wonderful message from that house a few years before . At 6:30 Gordon went to his study . The wind had risen steadily and was blowing now a gale from the northwest , and he could feel the cut of hail mixed with the raindrops . It was fearful under foot , and he knew his crowd would be small . His mind was in a whirl of nervous rage .