about five o'clock
`` I told you last night , Louis . Why could n't you see me ? '' `` I was dining out ; I could n't . '' She sipped her chilled grapefruit meditatively : `` I had n't seen you for a week , '' she laughed , glancing sideways at him , `` and that lonely feeling began about five o'clock ; and I called you up at seven because I could n't stand it ... . But you would n't see me ; and so when Rita and the others came in a big touring car -- do you blame me very much for going with them ? '' `` No . '' Her expression became serious , a trifle appealing : `` My room is n't very attractive , '' she said , timidly .