about nine o'clock
It was not easy to understand how these two girls came to be so intimate , for they seemed to have very little in common . Compared with Eve Madeley , Patty was an insignificant little person ; but of her moral uprightness Hilliard felt only the more assured the longer he talked with her , and this still had a favourable effect upon his estimate of Eve . Again there passed a few days without event . But about nine o'clock on Wednesday evening , as he sat at home over a book , his landlady entered the room with a surprising announcement . `` There 's a young lady wishes to see you , Sir . Miss Ringrose is the name . '' Hilliard sprang up .