ten
o’clock precisely
The day passed drearily for Arkwright . Early in the morning he packed his valise and paid his landlord , and for the remainder of the day walked the streets or sat in the hotel corridor waiting impatiently for each fresh edition of the papers . In them he read the signs of the great upheaval of popular feeling that was to restore peace and health and plenty to the island for which he had given his last three years of energy and life . He was trembling with excitement , as well as with the cold , when at ten o'clock precisely he stood at Senator Stanton 's door . He had forgotten to eat his dinner , and the warmth of the dimly lit hall and the odor of rich food which was wafted from an inner room touched his senses with tantalizing comfort . `` The senator says you are to come this way , sir , '' the servant directed . He took Arkwright 's valise from his hand and parted the heavy curtains that hid the dining-room , and Arkwright stepped in between them and then stopped in some embarrassment .