about seven o'clock
He had plenty of opportunities in London , with no local opinion , and no mother to worry him . Yet when Parliament reassembled , and Arthur , with an offhand good-by to his mother , went back to his duties , Marcia in vain suggested to Lady Coryston that they also should return to St. James 's Square , partly to keep an eye on the backslider , partly with a view to `` fittings , '' Lady Coryston curtly replied , that Marcia might have a motor whenever she pleased , to take her up to town , but that she herself meant for another fortnight to stay at Coryston . Marcia , much puzzled , could only write to James to beg him to play watch-dog ; well aware , however , that if Arthur chose to press the pace , James could do nothing whatever to stop him . On the day before the Glenwilliam meeting Lady Coryston , who had gone out westward through the park , was returning by motor from the direction of Martover , and reached her own big and prosperous village of Coryston Major about seven o'clock . She had been holding conference with a number of persons in the old borough of Martover , persons who might be trusted to turn a Radical meeting into a howling inferno , if the smallest chink of opportunity were given them ; and she was conscious of a good afternoon 's work . As she sat majestically erect in the corner of the motor , her brain was alive with plans . A passion of political -- and personal -- hatred charged every vein .