five o'clock in the afternoon
The Ugly Flower Pots -LSB- Illustration : I -RSB- It was five o'clock in the afternoon . Miss Hunter , a tall , dignified-looking woman , was presiding at the afternoon tea-table in the drawing-room of Chatts Chase . Miss Amabel Hunter stood at the window in a rather muddy riding-habit , and she was speaking in her sharp , short tones to her twin sister Hester , who lay back in the depths of a large armchair , a novel open in her lap . Sitting by the cheery wood fire was the youngest of the sisters , a frail and delicate invalid .