two o'clock in the morning
I sincerely hope you will not allow yourself to be in any way anxious about me , for I assure you that there is not the slightest need . With much love to papa and yourself , `` Always your affectionate daughter , `` ELFRIDA . `` P.S. -- I hope your asthma has again succumbed to Dr. Paley . '' There was a scraping and a stumbling sound in the second floor front bedroom of Mrs. Jordan 's lodgings in a by-way of Fleet Street , at two o'clock in the morning . It came up to Elfrida mixed with the rattle of a departing cab over the paving-stones below , outside where the fog was lifting and showing one street-lamp to another . Elfrida in her attic had been sitting above the fog all night ; her single candle had not been obscured by it . The cab had been paid and the andirons were being disturbed by Mr. Golightly Ticke , returned from the Criterion Restaurant , where he had been supping with the leading lady of the Sparkle Company , at the leading , lady 's expense .