one o'clock
She could not and would not suffer it , would take any means of escaping it . Then that Passion-week sermon she had taken him to hear ; which had so moved her , with which she had so sweetly and persistently assumed his sympathy ! The preacher had been a High Church Canon with a considerable reputation for eloquence . The one o'clock service had been crowded with business and professional men . David had never witnessed a more tempting opportunity . But how hollow and empty the whole result ! What foolish sentimental emphasis , what unreality , what contempt for knowledge , yet what a show of it !