eight o'clock
Then came admiration of her beauty , and disgust at the woman for whom he had jilted her ; and that gave way to fear : the hater looked into those glittering eyes , and saw he had roused a hate as unrelenting as his own . FOR the first few days Richard Bassett expected some annoyance from Mary Wells ; but none came , and he began to flatter himself she was too fond of him to give him pain . This impression was shaken about ten days after the little scene I have described . He received a short note from her , as follows : `` SIR -- You must meet me to-night , at the same place , eight o'clock . If you do not come it will be the worse for you . `` M. W. '' Richard Bassett 's inclination was to treat this summons with contempt ; but he thought it would be wiser to go and see whether the girl had any hostile intentions . Accordingly he went to the tryst .