two o'clock
As the tones of his voice floated through the room , I was where I saw the white sea-birds flashing between the blue deeps of our summer sea and sky , and the dark rocks that rose and dipped in the murmuring waves . One pleasant afternoon Adelaide and I started on a walk . We must go through the crooked length of Norfolk Street , till we reached the outskirts of Belem , and its low fields not yet green ; that was the fashionable promenade , she said . After the two o'clock dinner , Belem walked . All her acquaintances seemed to be in the street , so many bows were given and returned with ceremony . Nothing familiar was attempted , nothing beyond the courtliness of an artificial smile . Returning , we met Desmond with a lady , and a series of bows took place .