About nine in the evening
When tea was brought , Miss Woodley asked the servant , who attended , if he had seen his Lord . The man answered , `` Yes , Madam ; and he looks vastly well . '' Matilda wept with joy to hear it . About nine in the evening , Sandford rang at the bell , and was admitted -- never had he been so welcome -- Matilda hung upon him , as if his recent interview with her father , had endeared him to her more than ever ; and staring anxiously in his face , seemed to enquire of him something about Lord Elmwood , and something that should not alarm her . `` Well -- how do you find yourself ? '' said he to her . `` How are you , Mr. Sandford ? ''