nearly two o'clock
`` I will , '' she answered fervently . `` I would do anything to save him . '' She looked at her watch , and rose from the seat under the hawthorn . `` It is nearly two o'clock , '' she said , `` and I must go back to the house . You will come to luncheon , of course ? '' `` Thanks -- no . I have an engagement that will take me back to the town immediately . ''