nine in the morning
But she did at last persuade herself to read the words which Lady Grant had written . They were very short , and ran as follows : `` My dear Cecilia , my brother returns with me , and will at once go down to Exeter . '' The shock of her joy was so great that she could hardly see what followed . `` He will hope to reach that place on the fifteenth by the train which leaves London at nine in the morning . '' That was all , but that was enough . She was sure that he would not come with the purpose of telling her that he must again leave her . And she was sure also that if he would once put himself within the sphere of her personal influence it should be so used that he would never leave her again .