about one o’clock
Thus Rudolf Rassendyll set out again for the walls of Strelsau , through the forest of Zenda . And ahead of him , with an hour 's start , galloped the Count of Luzau-Rischenheim , again a man , and a man with resolution , resentment , and revenge in his heart . The game was afoot now ; who could tell the issue of it ? I RECEIVED the telegram sent to me by the Constable of Zenda at my own house in Strelsau about one o'clock . It is needless to say that I made immediate preparations to obey his summons . My wife indeed protested -- and I must admit with some show of reason -- that I was unfit to endure further fatigues , and that my bed was the only proper place for me . I could not listen ; and James , Mr. Rassendyll 's servant , being informed of the summons , was at my elbow with a card of the trains from Strelsau to Zenda , without waiting for any order from me .