one o'clock in the afternoon before
The old nurse , Zillah , was taken ill in the night . She was so little relieved by such remedies as we were able to apply , that it became necessary to summon the doctor in the morning . He lived at some distance from Dimchurch ; and he had to send back to his own house for the medicines required . As a necessary result of these delays , it was close on one o'clock in the afternoon before the medical remedies had their effect , and the nurse was sufficiently recovered to permit of our leaving her in the servant 's care . We had dressed for our walk -LRB- Lucilla being ready long before I was -RRB- , and had got as far as the garden gate on our way to Browndown -- when we heard , on the other side of the wall , a man 's voice , pitched in superbly deep bass tones , pronouncing these words : `` Believe me , my dear sir , there is not the least difficulty . I have only to send the cheque to my bankers at Brighton . '' Lucilla started , and caught hold of me by the arm .