ten o'clock
`` William has just come up from the village , and says that half an hour ago a man rode up from the Hall with word that the doctor was to go over at once , for that Eleanor Penfold had just had a stroke or fit of some sort and was terribly bad . I am sorry this new trouble has befallen them ; but they have brought it entirely upon themselves , poor ladies . However , justice must be done ; but I am sure you will agree with me , Mrs. Conway , that if the matter can possibly be arranged without exposure and publicity it shall be done so . '' At ten o'clock Captain O'Connor returned and Lieutenant Desmond hurried off . `` Were you sorry to leave , O'Connor ? '' Ralph asked that officer . `` No ; I was glad to get away , '' he replied .