two o’clock before
In the first place , he was on bad terms with Mrs. Oldershaw , which would protect me from all danger of the two leaguing together against me if I trusted him . In the second place , circumstances still obliged him to keep his identity carefully disguised , which gave me a hold over him in no respect inferior to any hold that _ I _ might give him over _ me _ . In every way he was the right man , the only man , for my purpose ; and yet I hesitated at going to him -- hesitated for a full hour and more , without knowing why ! `` It was two o'clock before I finally decided on paying the doctor a visit . Having , after this , occupied nearly another hour in determining to a hair-breadth how far I should take him into my confidence , I sent for a cab at last , and set off toward three in the afternoon for Hampstead . `` I found the Sanitarium with some little difficulty . `` Fairweather Vale proved to be a new neighborhood , situated below the high ground of Hampstead , on the southern side .