about four o'clock
And then , as I stretched out my hand , he would snatch them back with malicious glee , and gobble them up in my sight . ' ` He was a very rude little boy , ' said Betty , a little offended , ` and I do n't think I 'm a bit like him , for I have n't brought you anything this afternoon . ' Very restless and uneasy was Major St. Clair all that evening ; Captain Stuart more than once took him to task for his moodiness and absence of mind , but was quite unsuccessful in eliciting a satisfactory explanation . The next day they went off fishing together , but about four o'clock Major St. Clair left his friend and sauntered back to the house . Finding Betty and Prince playing together outside , he called her to him , and , lying full length on the grass , led her on to talk about Nesta . Betty innocently fell in with his wish ; she gave him a graphic description of her day at Holly Grange , and then went back to the day when she first met Mrs. Fairfax in the wood . ` She 's like a queen , ' said the eager child ; ` her face is so stern and proud , but she 's very sad !