the hour of ten
The morrow , when Hugh Fraser bade her also leave his house forever , was pictured again in her mind , and the insolent gift of the hundred-pound note , with the words , `` Go and find your sister ! Never darken my door again ! '' She had taken that money and used it to save her sister 's life . The darkened sick-chamber , the flight across the channel , and the rugged path which led Valerie , at last , to die in peace in Pierre Troubetskoi 's arms -- all this returned to the resolute avenger of a sister who had died , dreaming of the little childish face hidden from her forever , `` He shall pay the price of his safety to the uttermost farthing , to the last little humiliation , '' she cried , starting up as Alan Hawke stood before her , for the hour of ten had stolen upon her . `` Nadine shall love her mother , and that love shall bridge the silent gulf of Death ! '' `` You have been agitated ? '' he gently said , for there were tell-tale tears upon her lashes .