About eight o’clock
An extraordinary thing that that girl had such faith in him ! ' They parted soon after this , and Milvain went homeward , musing upon what he had heard . It was his purpose to spend the whole evening on some work which pressed for completion , but he found an unusual difficulty in settling to it . About eight o'clock he gave up the effort , arrayed himself in the costume of black and white , and journeyed to Westbourne Park , where his destination was the house of Mrs Edmund Yule . Of the servant who opened to him he inquired if Mrs Yule was at home , and received an answer in the affirmative . ` Any company with her ? ' ` A lady -- Mrs Carter . '