two o'clock
`` Yes , '' he decided , `` she cares for me , or she would never have wished me to stay . Even the Deacon helped me -- '' The irony of the fact shocked him . He would not think of it . He might get a letter from her by two o'clock . With pleasure thrilling through every nerve , he imagined how she would word her confession . For she had yielded to him ; he had felt her body move towards him and had seen the surrender in her eyes . While musing thus , passion began to stir in him , and with passion impatience .