Friday at ten
o'clock
-- that means that she will write on Thursday evening . Mrs Thornton is nothing if not businesslike . We shall hear from her by the second post on Friday . By Friday at ten o'clock we shall know our fate . To be , or not to be -- that is the question . Oh , I hope -- I hope he has remembered us a little ! There is no chance of inheriting the Court , as we once dreamt of doing ; but still , there is a hope , and it will be a shock to bury it for ever .