one o’clock
The sky was cloudless , but yellow with smoke , and a dull haze hung over the river . Rose thought of Woodcote , where the great chestnuts were already in full leaf , and the gorse common beyond the wood was a sheet of gold . An intense longing took hold of her to go home , if only for an hour or two . She looked at her watch and saw that it was not yet one o'clock . There was plenty of time to go to Woodcote and get back before Pauline returned . And how joyfully surprised her aunt would be ! She wondered she had not thought of it before .