five o'clock
This is queer ! but then Guy knows best -- oh yes ! Guy surely knows best . '' Towards five o'clock of this same afternoon Vivian Standish was announced by Fitts . To every ones surprise , Mr. Rayne admitted him to his presence , though he was feeling more debilitated and ill than usual , and what was more astonishing still , they remained for upwards of two hours closeted in close conversation . They never raised their voices nor made themselves heard during the whole interview , but talked steadily and quietly all the while . Finally Madame d'Alberg , thinking the exertion too much for her patient , bustled into the room and intimated as much to Vivian in the mildest possible terms .