about ten o'clock
They talked of indifferent things till bedtime . In the morning , the servant who came into Irene 's room gave her a note addressed in the Doctor 's hand . It contained the news that Mrs. Hannaford had died before daybreak . Dr. Derwent himself did not appear till about ten o'clock , when he arrived together with his niece . Olga had been violently hysterical ; it seemed the wisest thing to bring her to Bryanston Square ; the change of surroundings and Irene 's sympathy soon restored her to calm . At midday a messenger brought Irene a letter from Arnold Jacks . Arnold wrote that he had just heard of her aunt 's death : that he was deeply grieved , and hastened to condole with her .