five o'clock
As she had said to Isabella , it was very difficult to know what was truth when it came to the motives that prompted actions , and there was in her inmost heart the echo of a voice which in some measure deafened her to the calm tones of cold reason . `` And to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth And that was shining on him . '' -- BYRON . Punctually at five o'clock Philippa walked out of her room and along the corridor . She was so perfectly familiar with the plan of the house by this time , that there was no likelihood of her mistaking the way which led to the room which she had only discovered by such a slight and , after all , very natural accident on a former occasion . At the door she found Doctor Gale awaiting her . He came to meet her , scanning her appearance closely .