eight o'clock
To-morrow , and back on Saturday ? ' A shower of rain caused them some discomfort . Through the afternoon it still rained at intervals whilst Barfoot was discharging his business at Gosforth . He was to see Rhoda again at eight o'clock , and as the time threatened to hang heavily on his hands he returned by a long detour , reaching the Seascale hotel about half-past six . No sooner had he entered than there was delivered to him a letter , brought by messenger an hour or two ago . It surprised him to recognize Rhoda 's writing on the envelope , which seemed to contain at least two sheets of notepaper . What now ?