7 A.M.
But still she was resolved that her Jason should not as yet be quit of his Medea . So she made her plot . She would herself go down to Rufford and force her way into her late lover 's presence in spite of all obstacles . It was possible that she should do this and get back to London the same day , -- but , to do so , she must leave London by an early train at 7 A.M. , stay seven or eight hours at Rufford , and reach the London station at 10 P.M. For such a journey there must be some valid excuse made to Mrs. Green . There must be some necessity shown for such a journey . She would declare that a meeting was necessary with her mother , and that her mother was at any town she chose to name at the requisite distance from London . In this way she might start with her maid before daylight , and get back after dark , and have the meeting with her mother -- or with Lord Rufford as the case might be .