about three o'clock in the
afternoon
In answer to which Alice shook her head ; but , nevertheless , she felt in some way pleased and flattered . George left her without saying a word more about her marriage prospects past or future , and Alice as she went to bed felt glad that this explanation between them had been made . Dandy and Flirt . Alice reached the Matching Road Station about three o'clock in the afternoon without adventure , and immediately on the stopping of the train became aware that all trouble was off her own hands . A servant in livery came to the open window , and touching his hat to her , inquired if she were Miss Vavasor . Then her dressing-bag and shawls and cloaks were taken from her , and she was conveyed through the station by the station-master on one side of her , the footman on the other , and by the railway porter behind . She instantly perceived that she had become possessed of great privileges by belonging even for a time to Matching Priory , and that she was essentially growing upwards towards the light .