about six o'clock
She longed to evince sympathy for Mr. Farron , but was afraid that , if she did , it would be like intimating that he was as good as dead . She was caught between the negative danger of seeming indifferent and the positive one of being tactless . As soon as Vincent had left the house , Adelaide 's thought turned to her daughter . He had gone about six o'clock . He and she had been sitting by his study fire when Pringle announced that the motor was waiting . Vincent got up quietly , and so did she . They stood with their arms about each other , as if they meant never to forget the sense of that contact ; and then without any protest they went down-stairs together .