about eight o’clock
It ran north away from the village . Along this road Beatrice walked swiftly . On the morning following two travelers left a small inn which lay on the road-side , about ten miles north of Brandon . It was about eight o'clock when they took their departure , driving in their own carriage at a moderate pace along the road . `` Look , Langhetti , '' said the one who was driving , pointing with his whip to an object in the road directly in front of them . Langhetti raised his head , which had been bowed down in deep abstraction , to look in the direction indicated . A figure was approaching them .