five o'clock
`` Do not let us be deprived of pleasure by any buts -- there is one out there who will warn us when your maid wakes . See -- '' and he advanced toward the entrance door , `` there is a bench by that rose tree where we can be comparatively alone . '' Stella struggled no more with herself . After all , it was her last chance -- Eustace Medlicott 's train got in at five o'clock ! She had a sense of security , too , the complete serenity of her companion inspired confidence . She almost felt she would not care if Aunt Caroline herself slept instead of the elderly maid . There was some slight change in Count Roumovski 's manner to-day -- he kept his eyes fixed upon her face , and the things he said were less abstract and more personal .