seven o'clock in the morning
I offered to meet her at any other place which she might appoint . Cristel persisted in leaving it to me ; she spoke absently , as if she was thinking all the time of something else . I could propose no better place , at the moment , than the spring in Fordwitch Wood . She consented to meet me there , on the next day , if seven o'clock in the morning would not be too early for me . My German habits had accustomed me to early rising . She heard me tell her this -- and looked again at the Lodger 's door -- and abruptly wished me good evening . Her polite father was shocked at this unceremonious method of dismissing the great man , who had only to say the word and stop the repairs .