six o'clock
It was a _ tete-a-tete _ that he by no means desired . `` Lord Vargrave , '' said Caroline , coldly , `` I wished a short conversation with you ; and finding you did not come in the morning , I sent you a note an hour ago . Did you receive it ? '' `` No ; I have been from home since six o'clock , -- it is now nine . '' `` Well , then , Vargrave , '' said Caroline , with a compressed and writhing lip , and turning very pale , `` I tremble to tell you that I fear Doltimore suspects . He looked at me sternly this morning , and said , ` You seem unhappy , madam ; this marriage of Lord Vargrave 's distresses you ! ' '' `` I warned you how it would be , -- your own selfishness will betray and ruin you . ''