two hours before noon
That the crime committed in the quiet grove , near St. Cross , was an every-day deed , done for the most pitiful and sordid motives that can tempt a man to shed his brother 's blood , never for a moment entered into her thoughts . Other people might think this in their ignorance of the story of the past . At daybreak the next morning she left the house , after giving a very brief explanation of her departure to the old woman with whom she lodged . She took the first train to Winchester , and reached the station two hours before noon . She had her whole stock of money with her , but nothing else . Her own wants , her own necessities , had no place in her thoughts . Her errand was a fearful one , for she went to tell so much as she knew of the story of the past , and to bear witness against Henry Dunbar .