four o’clock
It was her kindly habit , on such occasions , to give the bride a wedding , and only a month before it had been my privilege to give away in holy wedlock Miss Clara 's predecessor . `` Mrs. Dane would like you to stop in and have a cup of tea with her this afternoon , Mr. Johnson , '' said the secretary . `` At what time ? '' `` At four o'clock . '' I hesitated . I felt that my wife was waiting at home for further explanation of the coal-tongs , and that the sooner we had it out the better . But , on the other hand , Mrs. Dane 's invitations , by reason of her infirmity , took on something of the nature of commands .