six o’clock
He rather thought that it would be lost ; but that did not matter . She was his forever and ever . It was a long day . Toward evening he recollected that he had to leave cards upon his host and hostess of the Monday previous , but it was past six o'clock when he found himself at the top of the steps of Mr. Ayrton 's house . Before his ring had been responded to a victoria drove up with Phyllis , and in a moment she was on the step beside him . She looked radiant in the costume which she was wearing . He thought he had never seen a lovelier girl -- he was certain that he had never seen a better-dressed girl .