three o'clock
I shall have to find out what that young woman wants down in this part of the world , and why Sir Arthur should be writing to her , that 's quite certain . '' Among Garthorne 's letters the next morning there chanced to be one from his solicitor in Worcester , and so this made an excellent excuse for him to get away for the day . Enid was going to drive Sir Arthur and Sir Reginald over to the Retreat , so he ordered the dogcart to take him to Kidderminster , whence he took train for Worcester . He knew enough of Dora 's circumstances with regard to her parents to recognise the imprudence of calling upon her without notice , and so he lunched at the Mitre Hotel , and sent a messenger with a note asking her to meet him at three o'clock on the River Walk . The messenger was instructed to wait for an answer if Miss Murray was in . Miss Murray was in , and when she read the note her first notion was that Garthorne had by some means got an inkling of the truth , or , at the least , had discovered that she was in communication with Sir Arthur Maxwell and wished to know the reason . She made up her mind at once to hold her tongue on both subjects , but at the same time , she felt that it would hardly be wise to refuse to meet him .