one o’clock
I have n't yet seen the author of ` Obsessions , ' but of course I 've had a moment by myself with the Doctor . I tried to get him to say that our invalid must go straight home -- I mean to-morrow or next day ; but he quite refuses to talk about the future . Absolute quiet and warmth and the regular administration of an important remedy are the points he mainly insists on . He returns this afternoon , and I 'm to go back to see the patient at one o'clock , when he next takes his medicine . It consoles me a little that he certainly wo n't be able to read -- an exertion he was already more than unfit for . Lady Augusta went off after breakfast , assuring me her first care would be to follow up the lost manuscript . I can see she thinks me a shocking busybody and does n't understand my alarm , but she 'll do what she can , for she 's a good-natured woman .