about eleven o'clock
and was answered that he came with the ladies , who had just returned from the coach . Various conjectures instantly crossed my imagination ; all of which were associated with the sudden flight from Bath , the robbery he had committed , the seeming honesty and even affection of his character previous to that event , his now being in the service of Olivia , for I understood him to be her own valet , and the story of my death . But , though my curiosity was greatly excited , the present was not the time in which these mysteries could be unravelled . We therefore took Clarke 's prescription against cold ; and , leaving Cranford bridge , pursued our road to Hounslow : where we arrived about eleven o'clock , and put up at an inferior inn lest any accident should bring us again in company with the aunt and the nephew . _ Meditations on what had passed : The condolence of Clarke : Arrival at London : The meeting of former friends : Law arrangements _ It may be well supposed that the incidents of this night were not easily driven from my imagination . While we were walking , the care we were obliged to take , and the gloom around us , prevented any thing from escaping me sufficiently marked to attract the notice of my companion . But , when we were seated in a room with lights , and my mind was no longer diverted by other objects , the reveries into which I fell , the interjections that broke from me , the hasty and interrupted manner in which I ate and drank , the expressions of extreme joy which altered my countenance at one moment , and the solemn seriousness which it assumed the next , with my eyes fixed , while the tears rolled down my cheeks , at last so agitated poor Clarke that he exclaimed -- ` For God 's sake , Mr. Trevor , what is the matter with you ? '