10 o’clock
I had heard enough . The fatal truth burst at once on my mind . Mannion _ had _ followed me to Cornwall : his threats were executed to the very letter ! -LRB- 10 o'clock . -RRB- -- I have lit my candle for the last time in this cottage , to add a few lines to my journal . The hamlet is quiet ; I hear no footstep outside -- and yet , can I be certain that Mannion is not lurking near my door at this moment ? I must go when the morning comes ; I must leave this quiet retreat , in which I have lived so calmly until now .