twelve o'clock
IN WHICH THE HERO TAKES A STEP XXVI . RECORDS THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERO XXVII . CONTAINS AN INTERCESSION FOR THE HEROINE By twelve o'clock at noon next day the inhabitants of Raynham Abbey knew that Berry , the baronet 's man , had arrived post-haste from town , with orders to conduct Mr. Richard thither , and that Mr. Richard had refused to go , had sworn he would not , defied his father , and despatched Berry to the Shades . Berry was all that Benson was not . Whereas Benson hated woman , Berry admired her warmly . Second to his own stately person , woman occupied his reflections , and commanded his homage .