two o'clock
One of the men folks pulls teeth in emergencies . '' It is hard , writing all this of Tish , to remember that she has always been a truthful woman . As Charlie Sands said later , when we told him the story and he had sat , open-mouthed , staring from one to the other of us , no one knows what depths of mendacity lie behind the most virtuous countenance . We started `` Aggie '' off at two o'clock that afternoon , sitting sideways on Modestine , jaw tied up , veiled and sun-hatted , with Aggie 's flowered-silk bag hanging to one wrist and a lunch-basket on the other arm . Tish and I saw `` her '' down the hill and kissed `` her '' good-by . This was Tish 's idea . I thought it unnecessary , but as a matter of fact , no matter what Charlie Sands may say , it was not a real kiss , going as it did through a veil and a bandage .