ten o'clock
Dusk stole through the windows : the music ceased and the tea-hour was over . The carriages were departing , bearing the gay people who went away laughing , calling last words to one another , and , naturally , quite unaware that a young man , who , five days before , had adopted them and called them `` his own , '' was lying in a darkened room above them , and crying like a child upon his pillow . X . The Cab at the Corner A ten o'clock , a page bearing a card upon a silver tray knocked upon the door , and stared with wide-eyed astonishment at the disordered gentleman who opened it . The card was Lady Mount-Rhyswicke 's . Underneath the name was written : If you are there will you give me a few minutes ? I am waiting in a cab at the next corner by the fountain .