eight o'clock
He had calculated that Sue would be free towards seven o'clock , as he had given Editha strict injunctions to keep discreetly out of the way , whilst at a previous meeting in the park , it had been arranged that the young girl should come to the cottage with the money , on the evening of her twenty-first birthday and there hand her fortune over to her rightful lord . Now Sir Marmaduke cursed himself and his folly for having made this arrangement . He had not known -- when he made it -- that Richard would be back at Acol then . Adam the smith , never came home before eight o'clock and the old Quakeress herself would not have been much in the way . Even now she had shuffled back into her kitchen , leaving her ill-humored lodger to puff away at the malodorous weed as he chose . But Richard might return at any moment , and then ... Sir Marmaduke had never thought of that possible contingency . If Richard Lambert came face to face with him , he would of a surety pierce the disguise of the prince , and recognize the man who had so deeply wronged poor , unsuspecting Lady Sue .