two o'clock
It was delightful to see the perfect confidence which the mother had in her daughter . `` And I think I should see him , if he will insist upon it . It is foolish in him to persist in remembering two words which you spoke to him as a child ; but perhaps it will be well that you should tell him yourself that you were a child when you spoke those two words . '' And then Clara sent off the following reply , written under her mother 's dictation ; though the countess strove very hard to convince her daughter that she was wording it out of her own head : -- Lady Clara Desmond presents her compliments to Mr. Owen Fitzgerald , and will see Mr. Owen Fitzgerald at Desmond Court at two o'clock to-morrow , if Mr. Owen Fitzgerald persists in demanding such an interview . Lady Clara Desmond , however , wishes to express her opinion that it would be better avoided . Desmond Court , Thursday evening . The countess thought that this note was very cold and formal , and would be altogether conclusive ; but , nevertheless , at about eleven o'clock that night there came another messenger from Hap House with another letter , saying that Owen would be at Desmond Court at two o'clock on the following day .