six o'clock
But chance does so rule one 's affairs . At present it is Fate 's decree that I shall spend the next few months at Pontresina . '' Mr. Enderby made a gesture as if to say that he would remonstrate no more , and went off to play lawn tennis with his little girls . Mrs. Rushton rose from her seat , yawned , and declared to Mrs. Enderby that it was six o'clock and quite time for her to return towards home , as she had a drive of two hours before her . Shortly afterwards she was rolling along the avenue in her carriage , and through the village , and out by one of the roads towards the open country . Now little Hetty Gray ought to have been in her bed by this time , or getting ready for it ; but she was , as Mrs. Kane told Mrs. Ford , a very wild little girl , though sharp ; and while Mrs. Kane was busy giving her husband his supper Hetty had escaped from the cottage once more , and had skipped away from the village to have another little ramble by herself before the pretty green woods should begin to darken , and the moon to come up behind the trees . Hetty had filled her lap with dog-roses out of the hedges , and wishing to arrange them in a bunch which she could carry in her hand , she sat down in the middle of the road and became absorbed in her work .