Eight
o'clock
She retired to rest again . The next morning Grace was at the window early . She felt determined to see him somehow that day , and prepared his breakfast eagerly . Eight o'clock struck , and she had remembered that he had not come to arouse her by a knocking , as usual , her own anxiety having caused her to stir . The breakfast was set in its place without . But he did not arrive to take it ; and she waited on . Nine o'clock arrived , and the breakfast was cold ; and still there was no Giles .