four o’clock in the afternoon
And we are going to the Academy this afternoon , and I 've asked mamma to ask Lady Louisa to let you come with us . But do n't say any thing about me and the boy , for I do n't want it to be known I have been out early . '' At this moment Mademoiselle , who had been looking into the garden from an upper window , hastened to fetch Amabel indoors . * * * * * It was between three and four o'clock in the afternoon , and the Academy was crowded . The crush was so oppressive that Lady Adelaide wanted to go away , but D'Arcy had expressed a wish to see No. 401 , and D'Arcy 's wishes were law to his father , so he struggled in search of the picture , and the others followed him . And when a small crowd that was round it had dispersed , they saw it quite clearly . It was the painter 's _ picture _ .