eight o’clock
I could never have believed it of you ; indeed , I could n't . And the man you speak of is no better than you are , and all his talk of loving the wife is hypocrisy and deceit ; and the poor woman herself should know of it , and come down on you both and shame you -- indeed , she should , '' cried Nelly , and she flounced out of the room in a fury . Jenny watched her go and thought to herself . `` She 'll keep that appointment for me at eight o'clock to-night by the waterfall . '' Presently she heard Mrs. Quiggin with a servant of the hotel countermanding the order for the carriage at eleven , and engaging it instead for the extraordinary hour of nine at night . `` She intends to keep it , '' thought Jenny . `` And now , '' she said , settling herself at the writing-table ; `` now for the _ other _ simpleton . ''