two o'clock
`` Nevertheless , '' said Mildred , -- she stopped abruptly , her bright eyes looked across the room and out through the open window , -- `` nevertheless , '' she said , giving her foot an impatient tap , `` I should like to see Hilda . I should like to have a long talk with her . I have heard nothing about her since her wedding , so by your leave , mother , I 'll drive over to West Kensington immediately after lunch and send the victoria back for you . '' Mrs. Anstruther , who was always more or less like wax in the hands of her strong-minded daughter , was obliged somewhat unwillingly to submit to this arrangement ; and Mildred , charmingly dressed and looking young and lovely , was bowled rapidly away in the direction of Hilda Quentyns ' humble home soon after two o'clock . `` It will be pleasant to take the poor old dear by surprise , '' said Mildred to herself . `` There was a time when I felt jealous of her good fortune in having secured Jasper Quentyns , but , thank goodness , I have quite got over the assaults of the green-eyed monster now . Ah , here we are .