five o'clock
`` I can imagine a great deal worse husbands than the Earl of Chisholm . '' `` Well , I have n't any imagination . '' There was no reading that day nor the next . In the morning there was a drive with the ponies through town , in the afternoon in the carriage by the sea , with a couple of receptions , the five o'clock tea , with its chatter , and in the evening a dinner party for Margaret . One day sufficed to launch her , and there-after Carmen had only admiration for the unflagging spirit which Margaret displayed . `` If you were only unmarried , '' she said , `` what larks we could have ! '' Margaret looked grave at this , but only for a moment , for she well knew that she could not please her husband better than by enjoying the season to the full .