nine A.M.
She had been very gracious , certainly , and invited intimate companionship . Dennis felt that she must have read his feelings in his face and manner , and , to his ingenuous nature , any encouragement seemed to promise all he hoped . For a week after this he scarcely saw her , for she was very busy making preliminary arrangements for the occupation of her new home . But one afternoon she suddenly appeared , and said , with affected severity , `` Report to-mor-row at nine A.M. '' Dennis bowed humbly . She gave him a pleasant smile over her shoulder , and passed away as quickly as she had come . It seemed like a vision to him , and only a trace of her favorite perfume -LRB- which indeed ever seemed more an atmosphere than a perfume -RRB- remained as evidence that she had been there . At five minutes before the time on the following day he appeared at the new Ludolph mansion .