About three o'clock
Mrs. Haddo sank into the nearest chair . After a minute 's pause she turned to her writing-table and wrote a letter . She then rang her bell , and desired Anderson to get ready for a short journey . About three o'clock that day Fanny , accompanied by Anderson , with her trunks and belongings heaped on top of a station-cab , drove from Haddo Court never to return . There were no girls to say farewell ; in fact , not one of her friends even knew of her departure until Mrs. Haddo mentioned it on the following morning . `` Fanny did right to go , '' she said . `` And now we will try to live down all that has been so painful , and turn our faces once again towards the light . ''