eleven
o'clock
` I will , ' he said ; and instantly went off through a gate , Lizzy continuing her way . On she tripped at a quickening pace till the lane turned into the turnpike-road , which she crossed , and got into the track for Ringsworth . Here she ascended the hill without the least hesitation , passed the lonely hamlet of Holworth , and went down the vale on the other side . Stockdale had never taken any extensive walks in this direction , but he was aware that if she persisted in her course much longer she would draw near to the coast , which was here between two and three miles distant from Nether-Moynton ; and as it had been about a quarter-past eleven o'clock when they set out , her intention seemed to be to reach the shore about midnight . Lizzy soon ascended a small mound , which Stockdale at the same time adroitly skirted on the left ; and a dull monotonous roar burst upon his ear . The hillock was about fifty yards from the top of the cliffs , and by day it apparently commanded a full view of the bay . There was light enough in the sky to show her disguised figure against it when she reached the top , where she paused , and afterwards sat down .