four
o’clock
Go and say I want to see her , and that if she does n't come down I 'll force the door . There 'll have to be an end to this damned foolery . I 've got no time to spend humbugging . It 's four o'clock , and I have letters to write before dinner . Tell her I must see her , and have done with it . ' Alice went upstairs with small hope of success . She knocked twice before receiving an answer .