ten o'clock
`` And do you think I shall not hold them ? But I must go . Yes ; kiss me once more -- only once , or I shall never be able to leave you . I will be here at ten o'clock . It will seem an age -- '' He gripped her to him , and kissed her ; and he stood , with hand pressed hard against the tree , watching the slight , graceful form till it disappeared from his view . It may be noted , by the student of human nature , that neither of them had spoken of the woman for whom Derrick had been ready to sacrifice his good name , his life itself . Perfect love means perfect faith , and they were so sure of each other 's love and faith , that it may be said neither of them gave the other woman a thought ; and if they had done so , Celia would not have been jealous of the past , and Derrick would have regarded the boyish passion of which he had been so completely cured , as something nebulous and unimportant .