five o'clock
She gave a little laugh , airy and sweet . `` Oh poor Benedict ! Would you like to cry off ? Let me see : you may scratch any time before I tell Val , which will be when he comes in at five o'clock . Now then ? '' This mention of Val was like a dash of cold water , and Lawrence tried to rouse himself . `` Will you be serious for half a second , you incarnation of mischief ? ''