About seven o'clock
To me , as also in the end to Sir Morgan , the moral of the whole was this -- that human affections , love and grief in excess , are holy things , -- yes , even in that wicked woman , were holy -- and not lightly to be set at nought or rejected without judgment and vengeance to follow . '' Here Mr. Williams paused : but Bertram was so much interested in the story , both in itself and from the connexion into which he had so recently been brought with two of those who bore a principal share in it , that he earnestly requested him to complete his narrative ; which , after a short interval of thought , he did . `` The dreadful event , to which I have been alluding , took place on the 12th of June , three-and-twenty years ago -- dating from the summer which is past . About seven o'clock on the evening of that day , finding herself unusually languid and weary , lady Walladmor had lain down on a sopha in one of the children 's apartments . A fortnight , I ought to mention , had passed from the time of her _ accouchement _ : she had suffered much , and was recovering but slowly : and her female attendants had , in consequence , been a good deal harassed by unseasonable watchings and sudden disturbances of their rest . They , poor creatures ! submitted to these , as they would have done to far greater hardships , cheerfully and without a murmur : indeed all the servants in the castle would have gone through fire and water to have served their lady ; all but one : and _ that _ one , alas !