four o’clock
said she , with soft severity . ` And you know what you have promised , George ! And you remember there is to be no -- what we talked about ! Now will you go in the one-horse brougham to Markton Station this afternoon , and meet the four o'clock train ? Inquire for a lady for Stancy Castle -- a Miss Bell ; see her safely into the carriage , and send her straight on here . I am particularly anxious that she should not enter the town , for I think she once came to Markton in a starring company , and she might be recognized , and my plan be defeated . ' Thus she instructed her lover and devoted friend ; and when he could stay no longer he left her in the garden to return to his studio .