two o'clock
At that hour the last train they could have taken to reach the dinner-party in time was leaving the New York side of the ferry . `` What will they think ? '' cried Honora . `` They saw us leave Delmonico 's at two o'clock , and they did n't know we were going to Westchester . '' It needed no very vivid imagination to summon up the probable remarks of Mrs. Chandos on the affair . It was all very well to say the motor broke down ; but unfortunately Trixton Brent 's reputation was not much better than that of his car . Trixton Brent , as might have been expected , was inclined to treat the matter as a joke .