ten o'clock
Was this the meaning of the mysterious wave of the folded paper toward the ocean ? The suspicion once entertained , she remembered several little things which strengthened it . Her heart failed her ; she uttered a low cry of pain , and tottered to a chair , like one wounded . It was then ten o'clock . She thought the noon hour would never come . Eagerly she watched for Bram and her father ; for any certainty would be better than such cruel fear and suspense . And , if Richard had really gone , the fact would be known to them .