about six o'clock
`` Admit that there is something in what I say . If you will behave a little more quietly -- if you will talk to her nicely ; leave off assuring her of your love , she knows all that already ; have some patience and forbearance ; you will see if before long she does n't change towards you . '' His interest in the matter was a desire that his sister should not miss this chance of marrying the future Lord Mount Rorke . But Maggie felt too sure of Frank to resist the temptation to tantalise him ; besides her moods were naturally various , and the first relapse into her former coldness was answered by a sudden reversion to threats of murder and suicide , and one summer evening about six o'clock , when Mrs. Horlock took her dogs out and stood at the corner waiting for Angel , a rumour was abroad that Mr. Escott had stabbed himself to the heart , and had fallen weltering in his blood at Miss Brookes 's feet . Dr Dickinson walked across the green , watched with palpitating anxiety from the corner of the Southdown Road . The General spoke to the farmer , and the farmer 's pupil nudged the general dealer . Mrs. Horlock spoke to the grocers , and the owners of the baths declared they had just heard from their servant that the young man was not dead , but mortally wounded .