four to
six in the afternoon
Think of my proposal , and make what inquiries you like concerning me . I have not yet attained my majority , but shall do so in five months and three days , when I shall inherit my mother 's fortune . My father is wealthy , but old and infirm . From four to six in the afternoon of the next few days I will be in a carriage at the corner of the Place de Petit Pont . `` GASTON DE GANDELU . '' The cynical insolence of the letter , together with its entire want of form , was a perfect example of the style affected by those loiterers about town , known to the Parisians as `` mashers ; '' and yet Rose did not appear at all disgusted by the reception of such an unworthily worded proposal , but , on the contrary , rather pleased by its contents . `` If I only dared , '' mused she , with a sigh , -- `` ah , if I only dared ! ''