About six o'clock
If Flossie respected Ada because of her knowledge of dress , and her remarkable insight into the ways of gentlemen , Ada admired Flossie because of the engagement , which , after all , was not -LRB- like some girls ' engagements -RRB- an airy possibility or a fiction , but an accomplished fact . This attachment , together with the firm possession of Keith , helped to tide Flossie over the tedium of waiting . Only one thing was wanting to complete her happiness , and even that the thoughtful gods provided . About six o'clock one evening , as Rickman was going out of the house , he was thrust violently back into the passage by some one coming in . It was young Spinks ; and the luggage that he carried in his hand gave a frightful impetus to his entry . At the sight of Rickman he let go a hat-box , an umbrella and a portmanteau , and laid hold of him by both hands . `` Razors -- what luck !