six o'clock
Then she remembered Grace 's words , `` I 'd rather give it up and go quietly away , feeling in my heart that I have done my best , than to fight and , at last , win nothing but a blotted escutcheon . '' No , she could not take upon herself Grace 's wrongs , unless Grace bade her do so , and that would never happen . Fortunately Kathleen and Patience were both at home . Better still , neither had an engagement for that evening , and at half-past six o'clock the four faithful friends were seated at their favorite mission alcove table at Vinton 's , ordering their dinner , while Grace tried earnestly to put away her sorrow and be her usual sunny self . But while Grace had been passing through the Valley of Humiliation , there was another person under the same roof who was equally unhappy . That person was Jean Brent . On leaving Grace she had gone directly to Harlowe House .