seven o’clock
What right on earth had he to suggest so suddenly that she might meet him at the waterfall to receive his music ? She would have given much to be able to annihilate the ascendency he had obtained over her during that extraordinary interval of melodious sound . Not being able to endure the notion of his living a minute longer in the belief he was then holding , she took her pen and wrote to him also : -- ` KNAPWATER HOUSE September 20th . ` I find I can not meet you at seven o'clock by the waterfall as I promised . The emotion I felt made me forgetful of realities . A great statesman thinks several times , and acts ; a young lady acts , and thinks several times . When , a few minutes later , she saw the postman carry off the bag containing one of the letters , and a messenger with the other , she , for the first time , asked herself the question whether she had acted very wisely in writing to either of the two men who had so influenced her .