four to six in the afternoon
The other day she had pink oleanders in the bowl , the cushions turned the pink side up , -- you see they are canary and rose-color , -- a pink muslin dress , and the guitar trimmed with a fringe of narrow pink ribbons . She was a dream , Margery ! But she does n't sit there with her young men when I am at school , nor when I am helping Ah Foy in the dining-room , nor , of course , when we are at table . She sits there from four to six in the afternoon and in the evening , the only times I have with mamma in this room . We are obliged to keep the window closed , lest we should overhear the conversation . That is tiresome enough in warm weather . You see the other windows are shaded by the fig-trees , so here we sit , in Egyptian darkness , mamma and I , during most of the pleasant afternoons .