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All on the understanding that he would leave the house by half-past eleven or twelve at the latest . He could thus put in a good five hours extra without any one being any the wiser ; and four o'clock would find Mr. Rickman stealing back to his hotel over the grey and dewy grass . For three days and three nights love 's miraculous energy sustained him . On the fourth night he was overcome by a slight fatigue , and at one o'clock he lay down on the hearth rug to sleep , registering in his brain his intention to wake punctually at two . And for three days and three nights Lucia hardly gave a thought to Mr. Rickman . She was busy with preparations for her departure , trying to see as much of Kitty Palliser as possible , and thinking a great deal of that adorable father whom she would meet on the twenty-seventh . Lucia 's room , as Mr. Rickman knew , was in the west wing , over the south-west end of the library , and from her window she could see the pale yellow green shaft of light that Mr. Rickman 's lamp flung across the lawn .