ten o'clock
He explained that the old woman had luckily been absent during his visit , but would probably be there when they went again . As to that they must take their chance . And the whole plan was arranged . Mr. Fenwick was to be on the road in his gig at Mr. Gilmore 's gate at ten o'clock , and Mrs. Brattle was to meet him there at that hour . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- Mrs. Brattle was waiting at the stile opposite to Mr. Gilmore 's gate as Mr. Fenwick drove up to the spot . No doubt the dear old woman had been there for the last half-hour , thinking that the walk would take her twice as long as it did , and fearing that she might keep the Vicar waiting . She had put on her Sunday clothes and her Sunday bonnet , and when she climbed up into the vacant place beside her friend she found her position to be so strange that for a while she could hardly speak .