two o'clock
The hunting season at Littlebath had commenced , and Bertram soon found that had he so wished he could with but little trouble have provided himself with a stud in the coffee-room of his hotel . He had intended to call on Miss Baker on the evening of his arrival ; but he had not actually told her that he would do so : and though he walked down to the terrace in which she lived , his courage failed him when he got there , and he would not go in . `` It may be that evening calls are not the thing at Littlebath , '' he said to himself ; and so he walked back to his hotel . And on the following day he did not go before two o'clock . The consequence was , that poor Miss Baker and her niece were kept at home in a state of miserable suspense . To them his visit was quite as important as to himself ; and by one of them , the elder namely , it was regarded with an anxiety quite as nervous . When he did call , he was received with all the hospitality due to an old friend .