ten o'clock
No magistrate in his senses would commit the Anglo-Indian for trial upon such evidence as this . While these things were taking place at Winchester , Margaret waited for the coming of her father . She waited until her heart grew sick , but still she did not despair of his return . He had promised to come back to her by ten o'clock upon the evening of the 16th ; but he was not a man who always kept his promises . He had often left her in the same manner , and had stayed away for days and weeks together . There was nothing extraordinary , therefore , in his absence ; and if the girl 's heart grew sick , it was not with the fear that her father would not return to her ; but with the thought of what dishonest work he might be engaged in during his absence . She knew now that he led a dishonest life .