seven o'clock
Then Anthony Dexter drove up in a carriage and took the pearls away from her . She could not see him clearly , because his face was veiled , like her own . The odour of the black poppy made her faint and she went into the house to escape from it , but the scent of it clung to her garments and hands and could not be washed away . `` From the Depths of his Love '' At seven o'clock , precisely , Anthony Dexter 's old housekeeper rang the rising bell . Drowsy with the soporific he had taken , the doctor did not at once respond to the summons . In fact , the breakfast bell had rung before he was fully awake . He dressed leisurely , and was haunted by a vague feeling that something unpleasant had happened .