one o'clock
When they started , Alma came out to the garden gate , and dismissed them with smiling benignity ; one might have expected her to say ` Be good ! ' as when children are trusted to take a walk without superintendence . On re-entering , she ran quickly to an upper room , where from the window she could observe them for a few minutes , as they went along in conversation . Presently she bade her servant give directions for the dogcart to be brought round at one o'clock . ` Williams to drive , ma'am ? ' said Ruth , who had heard something of the talk at breakfast . ` No , ' Alma replied with decision .