nearly one o'clock
Her woman 's instinct told her that many women had loved him . She suspected that the little lilt in his voice , and the glance that accompanied it , were the relics of an old love affair . She hoped it was not a survival of Georgina . `` It must be nearly one o'clock . It is time for you to come to talk to father about the Greek hymn . '' `` Let 's look at this picture first -- ` The Fête beneath the Colonnade ' -- it is one of the most beautiful things in the world . '' Sipping her coffee , her feet on the fender , she abandoned herself to memories of the afternoon .