three o'clock
He would not be at home after lunch , he wrote , but would turn up at the Roebuck on time . Having thus disposed of the matter , he went to town , and he and Drexell dined together and spent the evening at the Palace , where the newest attraction was an American dancer with whom the susceptible Jimmie had more than a nodding acquaintance , a fact that possibly had something to do with his hasty visit to London . Jack worked hard the next day -- he had a lot of lucrative commissions on hand , and could not afford to waste much time . It was three o'clock when he left the studio , and half an hour later he was crossing Kew Bridge . He turned up the river , along the towing-path , and near the old palace he joined Madge . She had written to him a couple of days before , announcing her immediate return from Portland Terrace , and arranged for a meeting . It was a perfect afternoon of early summer , with a cloudless sky and a refreshing breeze .