ten o'clock
And Henry 's brief reference to Dartmoor had suggested continuance rather than return . But her fear remained with her . It made her forget all about George Tanqueray . It was the sudden striking of ten o'clock that recalled to her her certainty that he would come . And he was there in the doorway before her mind had time to adjust itself to his appearance . She fell on him with Hugh 's illness as if it were a weapon and she would have slain him with it . He stood back and denied the fact she hurled at him .