four in
the afternoon
So the work glowed , and as little time as possible was spent over its completion . It was midway in January when the day and hour of arrival were at last appointed . No one was to be in the house but the servants . At four in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Quarrier would receive Mr. and Mrs. Liversedge , and thus make formal declaration of their readiness to welcome friends . Since her return to England , Lilian had seen no one . She begged Denzil not to invite Glazzard to Clapham . They reached Polterham at one o'clock , in the tumult of a snowstorm ; ten minutes more , and the whitened cab deposited them at their doorway .