ten o'clock
Medenham entered , and the impulsive Mrs. Devar ran to meet him . Though he had been in the river again only five minutes earlier , the walk up a dust-laden path had covered his sopping boots with mud , and in the not very powerful light of the hall , where a score or more of anxious people were collected , it was difficult to notice that his clothes were wet . But `` Wiggy '' Devar did not care now whether or not the story told by Cynthia was true . With reaction from the nightmare that had possessed her since ten o'clock came a sharp appreciation of the extraordinarily favorable turn taken by events so far as she was concerned . If a French count were to be supplanted by an English viscount , what better opportunity of approving the change could present itself ? `` Mr. Fitzroy , '' she said in her shrill voice , `` I can never thank you sufficiently for the courage and resource you displayed in rescuing Miss Vanrenen . You have acted most nobly .