five o'clock
What on earth is he shilly-shallying for ? In my days young men had proper blood in their veins . '' Ferrier did not pursue the subject , and Lady Niton at once jumped to the conclusion that something had happened . By five o'clock she was in Eaton Square . Only Alicia Drake was in the drawing-room when she was announced . `` I hear Lucy 's seedy , '' said the old lady , abruptly , after vouchsafing a couple of fingers to Miss Drake . `` I suppose she 's been starving herself , as usual ? ''