two o'clock
`` So this is Flirtation Walk ? '' asked Belle Meade . The four young people -- Anstey was one of them -- had just turned into the famous path , which begins not far to the eastward of the hotel . It was between one and two o'clock on Sunday afternoon . `` This is Flirtation Walk , '' replied Mr. Anstey . `` But is one compelled to flirt , on this stroll ? '' asked Belle , with a comical pout .