three o'clock
So Rachel lighted her candles and read it with very little interest , for it concerned a world towards which she had few yearnings . There was just one sentence which startled her attention : it said , ` We shall soon be at Knowlton -- for Christmas , I suppose . It is growing too wintry for mamma near the sea , though I like it better in a high wind than in a calm ; and a gale is such fun -- such a romp . The Dulhamptons have arrived : the old Marchioness never appears till three o'clock , and only out in the carriage twice since they came . I ca n't say I very much admire Lady Constance , though she is to be Chelford 's wife . She has fine eyes -- and I think no other good point -- much too dark for my taste -- but they say clever ; ' and not another word was there on this subject . ` Lady Constance !