five o'clock
`` Mr. Ingram , '' piped Miss Peters . `` Do n't you think Mrs. Bertram might favor us with her presence by now ? We have all been looking for her . It 's past five o'clock , and -- '' There was a hush , a pause . At that moment Mrs. Bertram was sailing into the room . Miss Peters ' exalted tones reached her ears . She shuddered , turned pale , and also turned her back on the eager little spinster .