five p.m.
Such was the family of the Woodwards . Harry Norman 's father and Mr. Woodward had been first cousins , and hence it had been quite natural that when Norman came up to reside in London he should be made welcome to Surbiton Cottage . He had so been made welcome , and had thus got into a habit of spending his Saturday evenings and Sundays at the home of his relatives . In summer he could row up in his own wherry , and land himself and carpet-bag direct on the Woodwards ' lawn , and in the winter he came down by the Hampton Court five p.m. train -- and in each case he returned on the Monday morning . Thus , as regards that portion of his time which was most his own , he may be said almost to have lived at Surbiton Cottage , and if on any Sunday he omitted to make his appearance , the omission was ascribed by the ladies of Hampton , in some half-serious sort of joke , to metropolitan allurements and temptations which he ought to have withstood . When Tudor and Norman came to live together , it was natural enough that Tudor also should be taken down to Surbiton Cottage . Norman could not leave him on every Saturday without telling him much of his friends whom he went to visit , and he could hardly say much of them without offering to introduce his companion to them .