two in the afternoon
And once or twice a week , in the afternoon , the Cardinal would drive up in the brougham , and , having paid a little visit to Marietta , would drive Emilia home . In the sick-room Emilia would read to Marietta , or say the rosary for her . Marietta mended steadily day by day . At the end of a fortnight she was able to leave her bed for an hour or two in the afternoon , and sit in the sun in the garden . Then Sister Scholastica went back to her convent at Venzona . At the end of the third week Marietta could be up all day . But Gigi 's stalwart Carolina Maddalena continued to rule as vicereine in the kitchen .