seven o'clock
She was not going to send him money . She wondered how he would appreciate the present of a daughter instead . Sylvia left Chamonix the next afternoon . It was a Saturday , and she stepped out of her railway-carriage on to the platform of Victoria Station at seven o'clock on the Sunday evening . She was tired by her long journey , and she felt rather lonely as she waited for her trunks to be passed by the officers of the custom-house . It was her very first visit to London , and there was not one person to meet her . Other travelers were being welcomed on all sides by their friends .