about seven o'clock
And , dashing the money to the ground , he fled , like a maniac , from the house . At a later hour that same evening , Mr. Robert Beaufort returned from his country mansion to Berkeley Square . He found his wife very uneasy and nervous about the non-appearance of their only son . Arthur had sent home his groom and horses about seven o'clock , with a hurried scroll , written in pencil on a blank page torn from his pocket-book , and containing only these words , -- `` Do n't wait dinner for me -- I may not be home for some hours . I have met with a melancholy adventure . You will approve what I have done when we meet . '' This note a little perplexed Mr. Beaufort ; but , as he was very hungry , he turned a deaf ear both to his wife 's conjectures and his own surmises , till he had refreshed himself ; and then he sent for the groom , and learned that , after the accident to the blind man , Mr. Arthur had been left at a hosier 's in H -- .