three o'clock
She was giving it all up , it was true , but it was not as if she had not known life . The sun was shining on the great brown river , and out of the smoke-dimmed sky white creamy clouds were faintly rising . Evelyn 's eyes had wandered out there , and she seemed to see a thin face and hard , cold eyes , and she asked Louise abruptly what the time was , for she had forgotten her watch . It was only just three o'clock . She returned to the Munich performances , but Louise could see that Evelyn was all the time struggling against an overmastering fate . The only thing she could think of was that Evelyn was being forced into a marriage or an elopement against her will . Once or twice she thought that Evelyn was going to confide in her .