seven o'clock
That heroic weakness of hers was gone . Mrs. Berry had said : `` Three cups -- I goes no further , '' and Lucy had rejected the proffer of more tea , when Austin , who was in the thick of a Brazilian forest , asked her if she was a good traveller . `` I mean , can you start at a minute 's notice ? '' Lucy hesitated , and then said ; `` Yes , '' decisively , to which Mrs. Berry added , that she was not a `` luggage-woman '' `` There used to be a train at seven o'clock , '' Austin remarked , consulting his watch . The two women were silent . `` Could you get ready to come with me to Raynham in ten minutes ? '' Austin looked as if he had asked a commonplace question .