six o'clock
` May I call you Madge ? ' said he , holding both her hands . She answered , with her eyes cast down -- ` I suppose I must call you Frank . ' That was all , for at the same moment Mr. Tom was heard calling to his mother and sisters that Captain King had arrived ; and directly after , Lady Beresford and Edith entered the room , followed by Mr. Tom , who was declaring that they must have dinner put forward to six o'clock , if they were all to go to the pantomime . There was a little embarrassment -- not much . Frank King kept looking towards the door . He wondered why Nan had not come with the others .