five o'clock
He had watched this daughter of his through the long winter months . Occasionally , when he heard her utter sentiments such as these -- and when he saw her keenly sensitive to the flattery bestowed upon her by the people assembled at Mr. Lemuel 's little gatherings , he had asked himself whether it was possible she could ever marry Sir Keith Macleod . But he was too wise to risk reawakening her rebellious fits by any encouragement . In any case , he had some experience of this young lady ; and what was the use of combatting one of her moods at five o'clock when at six o'clock she would be arguing in the contrary direction , and at seven convinced that the _ viv media _ was the straight road ? Moreover , if the worst came to the worst , there would be some compensation in the fact of Miss White changing her name for that of Lady Macleod . Just as quickly she changed her mood on the present occasion . She was looking again far over the darkly blue and ruffled seas toward the white-sailed yacht .