midnight
The bell was rung violently . Orders were given , arrangements made , packing was done . Aylmer was suddenly quite well , quite happy . In a few hours he was in the midnight express due to arrive in London at six in the morning -- happy beyond expression . By ten o'clock in the morning he would hear her voice on the telephone . He met a poor man just outside the hotel selling matches , in rags . Aylmer gave him three hundred francs .