three o'clock in the afternoon
What I would make of my life ! -- Till Thursday , then , and do n't , please , be bored with my letters . '' This Mrs. Woolstan wrote and posted before luncheon . At three o'clock in the afternoon , just when she was preparing to go out , the servant made known to her that Mr. Wrybolt had called . What , Mr. Wrybolt again ! With delay which was meant to be impressive , she descended to the drawing-room , and coldly greeted the gentleman of the red neck and heavy eyelids . Mr. Wrybolt 's age was about five and forty ; he had the well-groomed appearance of a flourishing City man , and presented no sinister physiognomy ; one augured in him a disposition to high-feeding and a masculine self-assertiveness .