Thursday at six o'clock in the evening
`` He gave this letter to a servant in my hearing , and bade him take it to you ; so I asked the man to give it to me , and he made no objection . '' I puzzled greatly at this , and I could think of no answer to the puzzle , save that Naomi must have won the servant 's heart , as she won all hearts . Or , perhaps , he knew what it was to love , and had guessed her secret . I opened the letter , and this was what I read : '' _ Will Jasper Pennington meet John Penryn , Lawyer Trefy , and the family of Tresidders at Pennington on Thursday at six o'clock in the evening ? _ '' `` That must mean to-day , '' I said . `` What can they want of me at Pennington ? '' But I did not trouble much about the matter then , for was not Naomi with me ?