about four o'clock
Compose yourself , girl , and do n't be a fool . The only way to get properly through life is to accommodate ourselves to its necessities , or , in other words , to have shrewdness and common sense , and foil the world , if we can , at its own weapons . Give up your fine sentiment , I desire you , and go down to the drawing-room , to receive your brother ; hem will be here very soon . I am going to the assizes , and shall not return till about four o'clock . Come , come , all will end better than you imagine . '' The mention of her brother was anything but a comfort to Lucy . Her father at first entertained apprehensions , as we have already said , that this promising youth might support his sister in her aversion against the marriage .