about
four o'clock
Tom left Rita , and her tears fell unheeded as she finished the after-dinner work . For ten days she had looked forward to this Sunday , and after its tardy arrival it was full of grief , despite her joy at seeing Dic . At two o'clock Williams left , and the remainder of the afternoon richly compensated the girl for her earlier troubles . Tom went out , and about four o'clock Mr. Bays went for a walk while Justice was sleeping upstairs . During the father 's absence , Dic and Rita had a delightful half hour to themselves , during which her tongue made ample amends for its recent silence , and talked such music to Dic as he had never before heard . She had , during the past ten days , made memoranda of the subjects upon which she wished to speak , fearing , with good reason , that she would forget them all , in the whirl of her joy , if she trusted to memory . So the memoranda were brought from a pocket , and the subjects taken up in turn .