midday
When she arrived there she would not put up at the station hotel , but had herself driven to a quiet little hotel for the night . It was an unpretending place , kept by very honest folk ; but Fay found herself very comfortable . She made some excuse about not bringing her nurse , and the chamber-maid helped her undress baby . She was almost too stupefied with grief and fatigue by this time to do anything but sleep helplessly ; but she made the girl promise to call her early , and ordered a fly to the station ; and when the morning came she got into it without telling any one where she was going , and took the midday train for Edinburgh . It would be impossible to describe the nurse 's feelings when she opened the packet in the waiting-room and read her mistress 's note . `` Dear nurse , '' it said , `` I am really very sorry to treat you so badly , but I can not help it . I have gone away with baby , and I could not take you .