the 10th of November, about eight o’clock in the evening
At nightfall he did not return to the room assigned to him , but remained under some clump of trees , or when the weather was bad crouched in some cleft of the rocks . Thus he lived in the same manner as when he had no other shelter than the forests of Tabor Island , and as all persuasion to induce him to improve his life was in vain , the colonists waited patiently . And the time was near , when , as it seemed , almost involuntarily urged by his conscience , a terrible confession escaped him . On the 10th of November , about eight o'clock in the evening , as night was coming on , the stranger appeared unexpectedly before the settlers , who were assembled under the veranda . His eyes burned strangely , and he had quite resumed the wild aspect of his worst days . Cyrus Harding and his companions were astounded on seeing that , overcome by some terrible emotion , his teeth chattered like those of a person in a fever . What was the matter with him ?