about four o'clock
`` What a nuisance you should be unable to come this week . '' As a matter of fact , Hal was only going out for the day with her cousin on Sunday , but an urgent little note from Sir Edwin had begged her to keep Saturday free for him ; and because the suspense was becoming unendurable , she granted his request , determined to know the truth . So it happened that Lorraine motored down alone to a quaint little fishing-village on the south coast , where there was a charming , old-fashioned , creeper-decked hotel , too far from the railway for the ordinary week-end tourists , and patronised mainly by motorists in the summer . And on Friday the motor went back to town to fetch Alymer , bringing him down about four o'clock , unaccompanied . `` So Sydney will have to be chaperone after all , '' Lorraine said lightly . `` Now , what should you like to do to-morrow ? '' `` Is there any chance of fishing ? ''