ten o'clock
The flush had faded in an instant , and a deathly face was before me . Her dry lips could not speak the `` No '' which I saw rather than heard . `` Surely your memory deceives you , '' said I. `` I could even quote a passage of your letter . It ran ` Please , please , as you are a gentleman , burn this letter , and be at the gate by ten o'clock . ' '' I thought that she had fainted , but she recovered herself by a supreme effort . `` Is there no such thing as a gentleman ? '' she gasped .