one o'clock before
That 's four miles from here -- on t ' Raynham ro-ad . '' The man pointed out the way to the village of which he spoke ; and Lady Eversleigh set forth across the wide expanse of moorland alone . She had considerable difficulty in finding her way , for there were no landmarks on that broad stretch of level turf . She wandered out of the track more than once , and it was one o'clock before she reached the village of Edgington . Here , after considerable delay , she procured a carriage to take her on to Raynham ; but there was little chance that she could reach the castle until between three and four o'clock in the afternoon . If Honoria Eversleigh had endured a night of anguish amid the wild desolation of Yarborough Tower , Sir Oswald had suffered an agony scarcely less terrible at Raynham . He had been summoned from the dinner-table in the marquee by one of his servants , who told him that a boy was waiting for him with a letter , which he would entrust to no one but Sir Oswald Eversleigh himself .