two in the afternoon
In the passage , I met Penelope hanging about , and asked what she was waiting for . She was waiting for her young lady 's bell , when her young lady chose to call her back to go on with the packing for the next day 's journey . Further inquiry revealed to me , that Miss Rachel had given it as a reason for wanting to go to her aunt at Frizinghall , that the house was unendurable to her , and that she could bear the odious presence of a policeman under the same roof with herself no longer . On being informed , half an hour since , that her departure would be delayed till two in the afternoon , she had flown into a violent passion . My lady , present at the time , had severely rebuked her , and then -LRB- having apparently something to say , which was reserved for her daughter 's private ear -RRB- had sent Penelope out of the room . My girl was in wretchedly low spirits about the changed state of things in the house . `` Nothing goes right , father ; nothing is like what it used to be .