about one o'clock in the morning
He promised to leave early , and to write to her soon . ` And when I think the time is ripe , ' he said , ` I 'll write to her . I may have something to tell her that will bring her to graciousness . ' It was about one o'clock in the morning when Mrs. Dornell reached Falls - Park . A double blow awaited her there . Betty had not arrived ; her flight had been elsewhither ; and her stricken mother divined with whom . She ascended to the bedside of her husband , where to her concern she found that the physician had given up all hope .