four o'clock in the afternoon
Nothing , she was resolved , should interfere with that . And then -- but not the baby in the nursery knew less than Lucy what was to happen then . They had come to London on the 2d , so that this day of fate was three weeks off , and during that time the Contessa had made no small progress in her affairs . Three weeks is a long time in a house which is open to visitors , even if only from four o'clock in the afternoon , every day , and without intermission ; and indeed that was not the whole , for the ladies were accessible elsewhere than in the house in Mayfair . It had pleased the Contessa not to be visible when Lord Montjoie called at a somewhat early hour on the very earliest day . He was a young man who knew the world , and not one to have things made too easy for him . He was all aflame accordingly to gain the _ entrée _ thus withheld , and when the Contessa appeared for the first time in the Park , with her lovely companion , Montjoie was eagerly on the watch , and lost no time in claiming acquaintance , and joining himself to her train .