about six o'clock
He had unpacked several of his trunks and boxes , and made friends of all she servants by the presents , curious and rare , which he gave them , while Dolly 's headache had been wholly cured at sight of the exquisite diamonds which her husband brought to her room and told her were hers , the gift of Arthur , who had bought them in Paris , and who begged her to accept them with his love . The box itself , which was of tortoise shell , lined with blue velvet , was a marvel of beauty , while the pin was a cluster of five diamonds with a larger one in the center , but the ear-rings were solitaires , large and brilliant , and Dolly 's delight knew no bounds as she took the dazzling stones in her hands and examined them carefully . Diamond were the jewels of all others which she coveted , but which Frank never felt warranted in buying , and now they were hers , and for a time she forgot even Gretchen , whose arrival , or rather non-arrival , troubled her as much as it did her brother-in-law . Arthur had been very quiet and gentle all the afternoon , showing no sign of the temper he had exhibited the previous night at sight of Harold until about six o'clock , when Tom , his ten-year-old nephew , came rushing into the library , followed by Peterkin , very hot and very red in the face , which he mopped with his yellow silk handkerchief . ` Oh , mother , ' Tom began , ` what do you think Harold Hastings has done ? He stole Mrs. Peterkin 's gold pin last night . It was stuck in her shawl , and she could n't find it , and Lucy saw him fumbling with the things , and he denies it up hill and down , and Mr. Peterkin is going to arrest him .