about three o'clock in the afternoon
`` Miss Vavasor is not at all disposed to do that , '' said Mrs. Sparkes . Then that conversation was allowed to drop . On the following Monday , Lady Midlothian arrived . The carriage was sent to meet her at the station about three o'clock in the afternoon , and Alice had to choose whether she would undergo her first introduction immediately on her relative 's arrival , or whether she would keep herself out of the way till she should meet her in the drawing-room before dinner . `` I shall receive her when she comes , '' said Lady Glencora , `` and of course will tell her that you are here . '' `` Yes , that will be best ; and -- ; dear me , I declare I do n't know how to manage it . '' `` I 'll bring her to you in my room if you like it . ''