three o'clock in the
afternoon
Ordered the pink silk after all , from the new little dressmaker , and beat her down three pounds as to price . Begun Marvaloso hair tonic . '' Then , as it was broad daylight , after carefully replacing in its drawer this locked chronicle of her maiden thoughts , she retired to bed , to sleep the sleep of those just persons whose digestions are as strong as their absence of imagination . Next day Lady Anningford called , as she had promised , at Claridge 's , and found Mrs. Brown at home , although it was only three o'clock in the afternoon . She had not two minutes to wait in the well-furnished first-floor sitting-room , but during that time she noticed there were one or two things about which showed the present occupant was a woman of taste , and there were such quantities of flowers . Flowers , flowers , everywhere . Theodora entered already dressed for her afternoon drive .