half past six
Only , so long as she does n't call his bluff , she leaves him free to think that he 's doing it all for her and that except for her extravagance -- extravagance , mind you , that nine times out of ten he 's absolutely rammed down her throat -- he 'd be as rich , really , as he has to try to pretend he is . He tells her so , with perfect sincerity -- and she believes it . '' Rose enjoyed the look in Gertrude 's face as she listened to that . It was half past six or thereabout when they left the studio , and the late May afternoon was at its loveliest . It was the sort of day , as Rodney said , that convicted you , the minute you came out of it , of abysmal folly in having wasted any of it indoors . `` I want to walk , '' said Rose , `` after that tea , if I 'm ever to want any dinner . '' He nodded a little absently , she thought , and fell in step beside her .