six o'clock
Well , if you would rather not write , Natalie , I will ask him myself . '' `` Thank you , papa , '' said she , apparently much relieved , and therewith she went back to her seat , and her father turned to his newspaper . The day passed , and the evening came . As six o'clock was striking , George Brand presented himself at the little door in Lisle street , Soho , and was admitted . Lind had already assured him that , as far as England was concerned , no idle mummeries were associated with the ceremony of initiation ; to which Brand had calmly replied , that if mummeries were considered necessary , he was as ready as any one to do his part of the business . Only he added that he thought the unknown powers had acted wisely -- so far as England was concerned -- in discarding such things . When he entered the room , his first glance round was reassuring .