ten o'clock
`` I must get Bertha 's advice -- Miss Cross ' . '' Will nodded . He was about to say something , but altered his mind ; and so the colloquy ended . Toward ten o'clock that evening , Warburton alighted from a train at Notting Hill Gate , and walked through heavy rain to the abode of Norbert Franks . With satisfaction , he saw the light at the great window of his studio , and learnt from the servant who admitted him that Franks had no company . His friend received him with surprise , so long was it since Warburton had looked in unexpectedly . `` Nothing amiss ? ''