two o'clock
And indeed he saw that she could bear no more . He hesitated -- yielded -- took her unresisting hand , which he pressed violently to his lips -- and was gone . * * * * * Hour after hour passed . Falloden had employed Meyrick as an intermediary with a great friend of Sorell 's , one Benham , another fellow of St. Cyprian 's , who had -- so Meyrick reported -- helped Sorell to get Radowitz to the station in time for the two o'clock train to London . The plan , according to Benham , was to go straight to Sir Horley Wood , who had been telegraphed to in the morning , and had made an appointment for 4.30 . Benham was to hear the result of the great surgeon 's examination as soon as possible , and hoped to let Meyrick have it somewhere between seven and eight . Four or five other men , who had been concerned in the row , including Desmond and Robertson , hung about college , miserably waiting .