about seven in the evening
But Time , '' continued Aram , mutteringly , and with his eyes on vacancy , `` Time does not press too fast . Better let the hand speak than the tongue : -- yes ; the day of execution is -- ay , ay -- two days yet to it -- to-morrow ? no ! Young man , '' he said abruptly , turning to Walter , `` on the day after to-morrow , about seven in the evening , the eve before that morn fated to be my last -- come to me . At that time I will place in your hands a paper containing the whole history that connects myself with your father . On the word of a man on the brink of another world , no truth that imparts your interest therein shall be omitted . But read it not till I am no more ; and when read , confide the tale to none , till Lester 's grey hairs have gone to the grave .