three o'clock
He kissed it respectfully , and as he was in the act , one of the maids opened the door , and told me that Lady M -- had been some time waiting to see me . I believe I coloured up , although I had no cause for blushing ; and wishing Lionel good-bye , I desired him to call on Sunday afternoon , and I would remain at home to see him . It was on Thursday that this interview took place with Lionel , and on the Saturday I received a letter from Lady R -- 's solicitor , by which I was shocked by the information of her ladyship having died at Caudebec , a small town on the river Seine ; and begging to know whether I could receive him that afternoon , as he was anxious to communicate with me . I answered by the person who brought the letter , that I would receive him at three o'clock ; and he made his appearance at the hour appointed . He informed me that Lady R -- had left Havre in a fishing boat , with the resolution of going up to Paris by that strange conveyance ; and having no protection from the weather , she had been wet for a whole day , without changing her clothes ; and , on her arrival at Caudebec , had been taken with a fever , which , from the ignorance of the faculty in that sequestered place , had proved fatal . Her maid had just written the intelligence , enclosing the documents from the authorities substantiating the fact . `` You are not , perhaps , aware , miss , that you are left her executrix . ''