three o'clock
`` I shall take a carriage and drive down to the Villa des Dunes to see Dorothy Roden . I have a note for her from Joan . '' And Mr. Wade turned to his breakfast with an appetite in no way diminished by the knowledge that the `` other side '' were about to take action . At three o'clock the carriage was awaiting Marguerite at the door of the hotel , but for some reason Marguerite lingered in the porch , asking questions and absolutely refusing to drive all the way to Scheveningen by the side of the `` Queen 's Canal . '' When at length she turned to get in , Tony Cornish was coming across the Toornoifeld under the trees ; for The Hague is the shadiest city in the world , with forest trees growing amid its great houses . `` Ah ! '' said Marguerite , holding out her hand .