12 o'clock
`` I am afraid you 'll find it tiresome , Mr. Harrington , '' he said , as he assigned his visitor a chair , and then went back to Edith . `` I shall do very well , '' answered Richard , and so he did for that lesson , and the next , and the next , but at last , in spite of his assertion to the contrary , he found it dull business going to Grassy Spring twice each week , and sitting alone with nothing to occupy his mind , except , indeed , to wonder how NEAR Arthur was to Edith , and if he bent over her as he remembered seeing drawing teachers do at school . Richard was getting very tired of it -- very weary of listening to Arthur 's directions , and to Edith 's merry laughs at her awkward blunders , and he was not sorry when one lesson-day , the fifth since they began , Grace Atherton 's voice was heard in the hall without asking for admission . He had long since forgiven Grace for jilting him , and they were the best of friends ; so when she suggested their going into the adjoining room , where it was pleasanter and she could play to him if he liked , he readily assented , and while listening to her lively conversation and fine playing , he forgot the lapse of time , and was surprised when Edith came to him with the news that it was 12 o'clock . `` Pray , do n't go yet , '' said Arthur , who was loth to part with his pupil . `` You surely do not dine till three , and I have already ordered lunch . Here it comes , '' and he pointed to the door where Phillis stood , bearing a huge silver salver , on which were wine and cake and fruit of various kinds .