eleven o'clock
Mr. Campbell is a kind , tenderhearted friend of the family , and I will request him to take a carriage and meet her to-morrow . Poor thing ! what a welcome home ! '' Soon after he left her she heard the whistle of the night express , which arrived simultaneously with the departure of the outward train bound south , and she knew that it was eleven o'clock . Hannah was in the kitchen talking with Esau the sexton , and when several gentlemen who offered to remain until morning came out on the verandah , leaving the blinds of the library windows wide open , Regina rose and stole away to escape their observation . Although walking swiftly she caught sight of the table in the middle of the room and of a mass of white drapery , on which the lamp-light fell with ghostly lustre . Twelve hours before she had sat there , reading to the faithful kind friend whose affectionate gaze rested all the while upon her ; now stiff and icy he was sleeping his last sleep in the same spot , and his soul ?