about eight o'clock
Terribly disturbed , he sat for some time half dreading and half expecting a return of the figure ; but all remained unchanged : he saw nothing , nor did he dare to challenge its reappearance by playing again the _ Gagliarda _ , which seemed to have so strange an attraction for it . At last , in the full sunlight of a late June morning at Oxford , he heard the steps of early pedestrians on the pavement below his windows , the cry of a milkman , and other sounds which showed the world was awake . It was after six o'clock , and going to his bedroom he flung himself on the outside of the bed for an hour 's troubled slumber . When his servant called him about eight o'clock my brother sent a note to Mr. Gaskell at New College , begging him to come round to Magdalen Hall as soon as might be in the course of the morning . His summons was at once obeyed , and Mr. Gaskell was with him before he had finished breakfast . My brother was still much agitated , and at once told him what had happened the night before , detailing the various circumstances with minuteness , and not even concealing from him the sentiments which he entertained towards Miss Constance Temple . In narrating the appearance which he had seen in the chair , his agitation was still so excessive that he had difficulty in controlling his voice .