two o'clock
Of Surrenden he is , on the contrary , as fond as he can be of anything except the lost Achnalorrie and a little cosey house that he has at Newmarket where the shadow of Lady Usk has never fallen . He hears the noise of wheels on gravel . It comes from the other side of the house ; it is his brake and his omnibus going down the avenue on their way to the nearest railway-station , four miles off , to meet some of his coming guests there . Well , there 'll be nothing seen of them till two o'clock at luncheon . They are all people he hates , or thinks he hates , for that best of all possible reasons , that his wife likes them . Why ca n't Dulcia Waverley come before the 20th ? Lady Waverley always amuses him , and agrees with him .