about four o'clock in the morning
That unlucky Froswick business -- and young Mason ? But what had Mason to do with it -- on that occasion ? As Augustina understood , he had seen the child off from Froswick by the 8.20 train -- and there was an end of him in the matter . As for the rest of that adventure , no doubt it was foolish of Laura to sit in the quarry till daylight , instead of going to the inn ; but all the world might know that she took a carriage at Wryneck , half-way home , about four o'clock in the morning , and left it at the top gate of the park . Why , she was in her room by six , or a little after ! What on earth did the Bishop mean ? Augustina fell into a maze of rather miserable cogitation .