one o'clock
Mystery suits him very well indeed ; to tell the truth , he 's much more interesting now than when one knew him as a partner in a manufactory of some kind . You see he 's unhappy -- there are lines in his face -- '' `` Perhaps , '' suggested Bertha , `` he has married a rich widow and dare n't confess it . '' It was on Saturday night that Godfrey Sherwood came at length to Warburton 's lodgings . Reaching home between twelve and one o'clock Will saw a man who paced the pavement near Mrs. Wick 's door ; the man , at sight of him , hastened forward ; there were exclamations of surprise and of pleasure . `` I came first of all at nine o'clock , '' said Sherwood . `` The landlady said you would n't be back before midnight , so I came again . Been to the theatre , I suppose ? ''