seven o'clock in the morning
The groom would wonder at his change of plan and when he got back he would talk . If he told him not to he would talk all the more . Wisest to say nothing at present . So Dick drove along the five miles of dark road at an easy pace , for he could catch no train now until seven o'clock in the morning and there was no use in hurrying , and thought and thought , as he drove . If he failed in stopping this astonishing and iniquitous proceeding it would not be for want of thinking . Mountfield was an early house . Jim himself unbarred and unlocked the front door to the groom 's ring .