about six o'clock
`` By Jove , and so am I ; but dooty is dooty , my dear , especially your dooty to your ship . Good-bye , come and see you again soon . '' And once more Valmai was left to conflicting emotions . The day passed quickly , while she divided her attention between her uncle 's wants and her preparations for the guest who was to arrive about six o'clock . Mrs. Finch would prepare the tea and roast the fowl which was to accompany it , and Valmai added little dainty touches of flowers and lights for the table . `` We wo n't light the candles till he knocks at the door ; and when he has once sat down to his meal , I can manage about taking it out ; but I am very nervous . I wonder what he will be like . ''