one o'clock
`` To be sure , my dear . Write a pretty note , and tell Mrs. Hamley how much obliged to her we are for thinking of us . '' `` I 'm afraid I ca n't wait for a note , '' said Roger . `` I must take a message instead , for I have to meet my father at one o'clock , and it 's close upon it now . '' When he was gone , Molly felt so light-hearted at the thoughts of Thursday that she could hardly attend to what the Miss Brownings were saying . One was talking about the pretty muslin gown which Molly had sent to the wash only that morning , and contriving how it could be had back again in time for her to wear ; and the other , Miss Phoebe , totally inattentive to her sister 's speaking for a wonder , was piping out a separate strain of her own , and singing Roger Hamley 's praises . `` Such a fine-looking young man , and so courteous and affable .