about five
o'clock
They were in England , and hoped to be at Mrs. Estcourt 's house the following day . What a long and wearisome morning the next was ! for , as I dare say every one knows , time always passes slowly when we are expecting or waiting for anything . Mrs. Vivyan had said in her letter , that the train by which they intended to come arrived at about five o'clock . The day could not have been more lovely ; it was a soft , bright , early summer 's evening , and the country around Myrtle Hill looked very beautiful in the mellow sunlight ; the trees which surrounded the house cast long , dark shadows on the green sloping lawn , and rustled gently as the breeze stirred amongst them . Arthur was out there watching and listening for the sound of carriage wheels , and though the time seemed to him to be creeping instead of flying , it was not really so very long before he heard it . In another minute a tall , fair lady was stepping out of the carriage .