six o'clock
`` I always said she was a she-dog in the manger . '' Anne was not expected home before the middle of November . She wrote to her husband , fixing Saturday for the day of her return . Majendie , therefore , was surprised to find her luggage in the hall when he entered the house at six o'clock on Friday evening . Nanna had evidently been waiting for the sound of his latchkey . She hurried to intercept him . `` The mistress has come home , sir , '' she said .