The hour of ten
`` Ellsworth mentions Mrs. Creighton 's coming particularly ; she sends a message to the ladies , through him , which I have already delivered , '' replied Hazlehurst , as he took up Mr. Reed 's letter , to answer it . `` Well , Agnes , shall we have a game of chess ? '' said Mr. Wyllys ; and the circle was broken up , as the younger ladies joined Mrs. Taylor in her own room . The hour of ten , on the following morning , had been fixed for the interview with the sailor and his counsel . Hazlehurst was walking on the piazza , as the time approached , and punctual to the moment , he saw a carriage drive up to the house ; in it were Mr. Reed , Mr. Clapp , and their client . Harry stopped to receive them ; and , as they mounted the steps one after the other , he bowed respectfully to Mr. Reed , slightly to Mr. Clapp , and fixed his eye steadily on the third individual . `` Mr. Stanley , Mr. Hazlehurst , '' said Mr. Reed , in a quiet , but decided manner .