six in the morning
`` I must see him , '' gasped Theodora . `` Impossible , '' returned the girl curtly ; `` call to-morrow in the afternoon . '' `` Afternoon , '' returned Theodora . `` After six in the morning will be too late . It is life and death , I tell you . Go and tell him . '' `` Obstinate girl , I tell you Mr. Harkaway has serious business on at daybreak , and has gone to rest , giving the strictest orders that he is not to be disturbed . ''