seven o'clock
The reply was to be sent to his rooms in Devonshire Street , and thither he straightway betook himself , hoping that in an hour or so he would have news . An extempore lunch was put before him ; never had he satisfied his hunger with less gusto . Time went on ; the afternoon brought him no telegram . At seven o'clock he lay on his sofa , exhausted by nervous strain , anticipating a hideous night . Again his thoughts had turned to suicide . It would be easier to obtain poison here than at Hollingford . Laudanum ?