two o'clock
The practice of shoemaking undoubtedly tends to develop a very high and exceptional level of general intelligence and logical power . ' ` I 'm sure of it , ' Hilda answered demurely , in a tone of the deepest and sincerest conviction ; ` and when I heard somebody say somewhere , that your son was ... -- well , WAS your son , I said to myself at once , `` Ah , well , there now , that quite accounts , of course , for young Mr. Berkeley 's very extraordinary and unusual abilities ! '' ' ` She 's really a most sensible , well-informed young woman , whoever she is , ' the Progenitor thought to himself silently ; ` and it 's certainly a pity that dear Artie could n't take a fancy to some nice , appreciative , kind-hearted , practical girl like that now , instead of wearing away all the best days of his life in useless regret for that poor slender , unsubstantial nonentity of a watery little Mrs. Le Breton . ' By two o'clock lunch was ready , and just as it had been announced , Arthur Berkeley ran up the front steps , and let himself in with his proprietory latch-key . Turning straight into the dining-room , he was just in time to see his own father walking into lunch arm in arm with Lady Hilda Tregellis . As Mrs. Hallis had graphically expressed it , he felt as if you might have knocked him down with a feather ! Was she absolutely ubiquitous , then , this pervasive Lady Hilda ?