two o’clock
McMeekin , backed by the nurse , insisted on my sending for a barber to shave me . I did not like the barber , for , like all his tribe , he was garrulous and I had to appeal to the nurse to stop him talking . Afterward I was very glad I had endured him . Lalage and Hilda called on me at two o'clock , and I should not have liked them to see me in the state I was in before the barber came . They both looked fresh and vigorous . Electioneering evidently agreed with them . `` We looked in , '' said Lalage , `` because we thought you might want to be cheered up a bit .