six o'clock
He longed to get away , but he sipped his chocolate and listened to the domestic details of his four vicarious daughters . The Señora was immensely proud of her five grandchildren . Their photographs were all over the house . At six o'clock he shook hands with her and sprang on his horse . Half-way down the avenue he turned his head , as usual . She stood on the veranda still , and smiled pleasantly to him , moving one of her large brown hands a little . He never saw the Señora again .