six o’clock
He was determined that if she went there he should go to see his sister , Lady Pensil , and that this time the invitation should come to her straight . The mystery about that other one had never been explained . Caspar Goodwood came at last to Palazzo Roccanera ; he had written Isabel a note beforehand , to ask leave . This was promptly granted ; she would be at home at six o'clock that afternoon . She spent the day wondering what he was coming for -- what good he expected to get of it . He had presented himself hitherto as a person destitute of the faculty of compromise , who would take what he had asked for or take nothing . Isabel 's hospitality , however , raised no questions , and she found no great difficulty in appearing happy enough to deceive him .