One o'clock
-- he thought angrily . `` And now she makes us both laughing-stocks ! '' And yet , Doris being Doris -- a proud , self-contained , well-bred little person , particularly sensitive to ridicule -- the whole proceeding became the more incredible the more he faced it . One o'clock ! -- striking from the church tower in the valley ! He hurried towards the slight figure on the distant seat . Lady Dunstable might return at any moment .