eight o'clock
Like a mother , who knows the crime her son has committed , and perceives that he can only a little longer hide it , but who , with her heart breaking , still smiles away suspicion , so the faithful accountant , who supposed that the crash was at hand , was as constant and calm as if the business were never before so prosperous . SLIGO MOULTRIE _ vice _ ABEL NEWT . Abel Newt had now had two distinct warnings of something which nobody knew must happen so well as he . He dined sumptuously that very day , and dressed very carefully that evening , and at eight o'clock was sitting alone with Grace Plumer . The superb ruby was on her finger . But on the third finger of her left hand he saw a large glowing opal . His eyes fastened upon it with a more brilliant glitter .