nine o'clock
` I wanted to tell you , ' Amy wrote to her mother in the note left on her dressing table . ` I wanted to tell you and be married at home , but Mr. Hastings would not allow it . It would create trouble , he said , between himself and Mr. Tracy , who I may confess to you in confidence , asked me twice to be his wife , and when I refused , without giving him a reason , for I dared not tell him of my love for his friend , he was so angry and behaved so strangely , and there was such a look in his eyes , that I was afraid of him , and it was this fear , I think , which made me willing to go away secretly with Harold and be married in New York . We are going to Europe ; shall sail to-morrow morning at nine o'clock in the Scotia . The marriage ceremony will be performed before we go on board . I shall write as soon as we reach Liverpool . You must forgive me , mother , and I am sure you would not blame me , if you knew how much I love Mr. Hastings .