seven in the evening
So it came to pass that when Daniel Thwaite called at the house exactly at one o'clock Lady Anna was not expecting him . On the previous day at that hour she had sat waiting with anxious ears for the knock at the door which might announce his coming . But she had waited in vain . From one to two , -- even till seven in the evening , she had waited . But he had not come , and she had feared that some scheme had been used against her . The people at the Post Office had been bribed , -- or the women in Wyndham Street had been false . But she would not be hindered .