about three o'clock in the afternoon
O , shocking ! I shall run away from you . Good-bye . ' A few days after this conversation , however , Janet went to Sally Martin 's about three o'clock in the afternoon . The pudding that had been sent in for herself and ` Mammy , ' struck her as just the sort of delicate morsel the poor consumptive girl would be likely to fancy , and in her usual impulsive way she had started up from the dinner table at once , put on her bonnet , and set off with a covered plateful to the neighbouring street . When she entered the house there was no one to be seen ; but in the little sideroom where Sally lay , Janet heard a voice . It was one she had not heard before , but she immediately guessed it to be Mr. Tryan 's .