four o'clock
Poor girl ! she was easily discouraged , and felt no resentment ; she did not even think it necessary to conjure up a rival to account for the discontinuation of his attentions , till a slight incident revealed one to her . She was sitting alone in the morning-room , and , being somewhat of a china fancier , turned a cup on a bracket upside down , to examine the mark at the bottom . In doing so , a bit of paper fluttered out , and as she picked it up , the words , `` West Wood , four o'clock , '' met her startled gaze . She was convinced that the writing was Harry 's , but whom could the assignation be intended for ? Soon after Bluebell came into the room as it seemed to her with no very apparent purpose Lady Geraldine , not without design , seated herself at a small writing-table , with her back to the bracket , and almost immediately heard a slight clatter . Miss Leigh had vanished , and so had the paper from the teacup .