five o'clock
` Had n't you better send me into Rome ? ' said Lucy , laughing and embarrassed . ` I always intended to do so , ' said Manisty shortly . * * * * * Towards five o'clock , Alice Manisty arrived , accompanied by an elderly maid . Lucy , before she escaped into the garden , was aware of a very tall woman , possessing a harshly handsome face , black eyes , and a thin long-limbed frame . These black eyes , uneasily bright , searched the salon , as she entered it , only to fasten , with a kind of grip , in which there was no joy , upon her brother . Lucy saw her kiss him with a cold perfunctoriness , bowed herself , as her name was nervously pronounced by Miss Manisty , and then withdrew .