five o'clock
`` I will look for you at five in the tent -- you will be able to get off by then ! '' She smiled kindly at the girl as she moved away . Lady Martin had already gone , feeling , no doubt , that the weight of public opinion was against her ; and as a rush of business just then overwhelmed the flower-sellers , Toni had no time to dwell upon the recent little scene . But Mrs. Anstey looked for Toni in vain when five o'clock came . As a matter of fact Toni had felt , desperately , that she could not face the crowded tea-tent , where doubtless she would again meet her enemy , Lady Martin ; and she wanted no tea ; she only wanted to be alone for a few moments , away from prying eyes , unkind tongues , that she might regain the equilibrium so cruelly upset . With this end in view she slipped away when the two sisters came back from their hurried tea ; and followed a little path which she knew would bring her out at a quiet corner of the grounds , where a rickety old summer-house might afford her the temporary shelter she sought . There was no one there ; and although the entrance to the little hut was almost choked up with weeds and tall , rank flowers , she crept inside , and then , sinking on to the seat in the dimmest , darkest corner , gave herself up to the fit of depression which had been stealing on her ever since her own rash avowal to Lady Martin .