eight o’clock
It was , however , long before Ingolby was restored to consciousness , and when it came , Rockwell put to his lips a cooling drink containing a powerful opiate . Ingolby drank it without protest and in silence . He was like one whose sense of life was automatic and of an inner rather than an outer understanding . But when he lay back on the pillow again , he said slowly : `` I want the Chief Constable to come here to-night at eight o'clock . It will be dark then . He must come . It is important .