From five until six he tried to read.

He was delighted when Metoosin came to the door and told him that breakfast would be ready in half an hour.

This gave him just time to shave.
He expected to eat alone with Adare again this morning, and his heart jumped with both surprise and joy when Josephine came out into the hall to meet him.

She was very pale.

Her eyes told him that she had passed a sleepless night.