six
o'clock precisely
`` He is dead , then ? '' replied , I mournfully . `` Well , that can not affect you , my good fellow . On Friday , then , at six o'clock precisely . Good afternoon , Mr Newland . '' I shook hands with the old gentleman , and returned home , but my brain whirled with the fear of a confirmation , of that which Mr Masterton had so carelessly conveyed . Anything like a possibility , immediately was swelled to a certainty in my imagination , so ardent and heated on the one subject ; and as soon as I regained my room , I threw myself on the sofa , and fell into a deep reverie .