about five o'clock
The one probable good result would surely be this -- that relations so nearly connected should know each other . Why should there be any fuss made about such a visit ? But , nevertheless , Clara , though she made no outward fuss , knew that inwardly she was not as calm about the man 's coming as she would have wished herself to be . He arrived about five o'clock in a gig from Taunton . Five was the ordinary dinner hour at Belton , but it had been postponed till six on this day , in the hope that the cousin might make his appearance at any rate by that hour . Mr. Amedroz had uttered various complaints as to the visitor 's heartlessness in not having written to name the hour of his arrival , and was manifestly intending to make the most of the grievance should he not present himself before six ; -- but this indulgence was cut short by the sound of the gig wheels . Mr. Amedroz and his daughter were sitting in a small drawing-room , which looked out to the front of the house and he , seated in his accustomed chair , near the window , could see the arrival .