Ten o'clock
` Yes , I daresay , ' replies Mabel , ` then I will write at once to get it off my mind , but _ what _ day is it for ? ' ` Wednesday , ' says Philippa , meaning to enjoy herself . But in one sense she is doomed to disappointment , the weather is everything that could be wished , and , donning a pretty gown , and covering her head with a dainty confection , she feels ready for the fray . Ten o'clock is the hour fixed for starting from -- Station , but Teddy has been refractory over his breakfast and his mother considers it her duty to reprimand him , tears ensue , and then some time is spent in consolation , so that they are only just in time and have to run along the platform to the saloon carriage , out of which Tommy Grant is gesticulating violently . ` You 're only just in time , ' says he , helping them in . Philippa looks round and does not see Dalrymple ; she finds herself next the eldest Miss Boothly who is saying , ` I am so pleased you could come , ' giving Lippa 's arm a little squeeze at the same time , ` I think we shall have a nice day , do n't you , and you know all the people ? ' ` All except the man at the further end . '