nine o'clock
In less than a minute the envelope unfastened of itself . Helen then deliberately took out the note and read it . What she read was this : -- `` Dear Captain Kynaston , -- I have something that I have promised to give to you when you are alone . Would you mind coming round to the vicarage after dinner to-night , at nine o'clock ? You will find me at the gate . -- Sincerely yours , `` Vera Nevill . '' Then Helen lit a candle , and fastened the letter up again with sealing-wax .