seven o'clock in the
evening
But when he had time to reflect , he jumped miserably back and forward . So when Grizel was ready to start , he did not know in the least what he meant to do . She was to pass by the Cuttle Well , on her way to Tilliedrum , where she would get the London train , he had been told coldly , and he could be there at the time -- if he liked . The time was seven o'clock in the evening on a week-day , when the lovers are not in the Den , and Tommy arrived first . When he stole through the small field that separates Monypenny from the Den , his decision was -- but on reaching the Cuttle Well , its nearness to the uncanny Lair chilled his courage , and now he had only come to bid her good-by . She was very late , and it suddenly struck him that she had already set off . `` After getting me to promise to go wi ' her ! ''