Four o’clock
`` Come , let us say that the matter is settled . Go out and get in something to eat , sharp , for it has struck four some time ago . '' At these words , Rose started , and a scarlet flush spread over her cheek . `` Four o'clock , '' repeated she , thinking of her letter ; but after a moment 's reflection she stepped up to the cracked mirror , and arranging her tattered skirts , took up the banknote and left the room . `` She is a rare beauty , '' remarked Daddy Tantaine with the air of one who was an authority in such matters , `` and as clever as they make them . Ah ! if she had only some one to give her a hint , she might rise to any height . ''