five o’clock
`` Wait a minute , '' said Gerald . `` Give her a glass of wine , and she will be better . '' `` Oh no , no ; please , I 'm temp -- '' and a sob . The five o'clock tea was still standing on a little table , and Gerald poured out a cup and took it to her , then set her down in an arm-chair , and said -- `` I 'll go through Angus ' part , and she will be better , '' and as she tried to say `` Thank you , '' and `` So kind , '' he held up his hand , and told her to be silent . In fact , his encouragement , and the little delay he had made , enabled her to recover herself enough to get through her part , though nothing like as well as would have been expected of her . `` Never mind , '' said Gerald , `` she will be all right when my uncle comes . Wo n't you , Mona ? ''