about three o'clock
Felix and Lance had just come downstairs , rather ashamed of having overslept themselves , and Mr. Audley came in and begged for a cup of tea . He told them that the father and uncle of the boy had arrived . They were American merchants or speculators of some kind , he thought , named Travis , and they had gone on business to Dearport the day before , meaning to dine there , and return by the mail train in the night , and leaving the boy with the black servant in the unfortunate hotel . On arriving , at about three o'clock , not long after Felix had brought Lance home , they had telegraphed to Dearport for a doctor and nurse , who were momentarily expected to arrive . The patient was only half conscious , and though he knew his father , continued to murmur for Diego . Martha was sitting with him whenever she could , for his father did not seem to understand nursing , and it would be a great relief when a properly-trained person arrived . She came , and so did the doctor , but not till close upon church-time , and little but stray reports from the sick-room reached the population upstairs all that day , as Mr. Audley , whenever he was not at church , was obliged to be in attendance on his strange guests .