two o'clock
I should like to walk about the grounds for half an hour with the child . If I do n't see Appleton now I never shall see it . ' The Major stroked his long , silky moustache with his short , crabbed little hand . He remembered that he had heard the carriage ordered for two o'clock -- they were all going to a tennis-party some miles distant . Under the circumstances she might walk about the grounds without being noticed . He did not think any of the gardeners would question her , and , if they did , he could trust her to give an evasive answer . And then he would like her to see the place -- just to know what she thought of it .