four o'clock
`` Lilias , need we go ? '' Ned Talbot slid his hand through his _ fiancee 's _ arm , and drew her into the garden . `` If the party is too large , why should we not reduce it by two , and have a quiet little lunch by ourselves ? I must leave before four o'clock , and if we go to the Grange it will mean that we have no more time together , for we can not run away immediately after lunch . Mr Vanburgh would understand our position if we sent an excuse . '' `` Oh , Ned ! '' cried Lilias , and the tone of reproach was so eloquent that there could be no mistaking her wishes on the subject .