two o'clock
Neither Nancy nor Bert was at all conscious of this ; in deciding to do just what all the other persons at the Gardens did , they merely felt that they were accepted , that they were a part at last of this wholly fascinating and desirable group . At first it meant only that they went to the fortnightly dinner at the club , and danced , on alternate Saturday nights . Nancy danced exquisitely , even after her ten busy and tiring years , and Bert was always proud of her when he saw her dancing . The dances broke up very late ; the Bradleys were reproached for going home at two o'clock . They both usually felt a little tired and jaded the next day , and not quite so ready to tramp with the children , or superintend brush fires or snow-shovelling as had once been their happy fashion . But they were fresh and eager at four o'clock when Marlborough Gardens came in for tea by the fire , or when the telephone summoned them to some other fireside for tea . It rarely was tea ; Nancy wondered that even the women did not care for tea .