four o’clock
` A telegram for Miss Swancourt , and three and sixpence to pay for the special messenger . ' Miss Swancourt sent out the money , signed the paper , and opened her letter with a trembling hand . She read : ` Johnson , Liverpool , to Miss Swancourt , Endelstow , near Castle Boterel . ` Amaryllis telegraphed off Holyhead , four o'clock . Expect will dock and land passengers at Canning 's Basin ten o'clock to-morrow morning . ' Her father called her into the study . ` Elfride , who sent you that message ? '