six o'clock
she said to herself ; `` I _ ca n't _ understand why she likes her ! '' Instead of dining with her aunt , she meant to walk about the streets until she was sure that Maurice had started for the train ; then she would go back to her own house . So she wandered down the avenue until , tired of looking with unseeing eyes into shop windows , it occurred to her to go into the park ; there , on a bench on one of the unfrequented paths , she sat down , hoping that no one would recognize her ; it was cold , and she shivered and looked at her watch . Only six o'clock ! It would be two hours before Maurice would leave the house for the station . It seemed absurd to be here in the dampness of the March evening ; but she could n't go home and get into any discussion with him ; she might burst out again about Edith ! -- which always made him angry .