about four o'clock
Mr. Donovan had often been on business at Kilmore Castle ; she knew the address of his office , and was sure that he would advance her sufficient to pay for both the steamer journey and her railway ticket to Ballycroghan . The first thing , therefore , to be done was to leave the College as early and as secretly as she could . She did not dare to go to sleep , but lay tossing uneasily until the first hint of dawn . Sunrise was at about four o'clock , so soon after half-past three it was just light enough to enable her to get up and dress . Miss Maitland had sent a glass of milk and a plate of sandwiches and biscuits for her supper the night before , but she had left them untouched on her dressing-table . Now , however , she had the forethought to drink the milk and put the biscuits and sandwiches in her pocket . The face which confronted her when she looked in the glass hardly seemed her own , it was so unwontedly pale , and had such dark rings round the eyes .