six o'clock
The clock struck one , two ; still his wife came not , and , with impatience added to depression , he went from room to room till another weary hour had passed . This was not altogether a new experience for Barnet ; but she had never before so prolonged her absence . At last he sat down again and fell asleep . He awoke at six o'clock to find that she had not returned . In searching about the rooms he discovered that she had taken a case of jewels which had been hers before her marriage . At eight a note was brought him ; it was from his wife , in which she stated that she had gone by the coach to the house of a distant relative near London , and expressed a wish that certain boxes , articles of clothing , and so on , might be sent to her forthwith . The note was brought to him by a waiter at the Black-Bull Hotel , and had been written by Mrs. Barnet immediately before she took her place in the stage .