two o'clock
It assumed to her the proportions of a murder . Bigamy , perjury , deceit -- what had n't she done ! Richard , in her estimation , was not what he thought himself , a somewhat ordinary man in the forties whose life had already held poverty and disillusionment and wholesome disappointment , whose nature had been tempered to humour and generosity and philosophy ; to Harriet , he was the richest , the finest , the most deserving of men , and she the adventuress who had brought his name down to shame and dishonour . Until two o'clock she was wretchedly busy in soul and body . When the last of her personal possessions was packed , and when she was aching from head to foot , she took a hot bath , and crept into bed . But not to sleep . The feverish agonies of shame and reproach held her .