six o'clock
It meant that there was something she said that he liked . The welcome she had received as a guest in his house and the wonderful evening that succeeded it were among the epoch making hours in Eleanor 's life . It had happened in this wise . The Hutchinson victoria , for Grandmother Hutchinson still clung to the old-time , stately method of getting about the streets of New York , had left her at Peter 's door at six o'clock of a keen , cool May evening . Margaret had not been well enough to come with her , having been prostrated by one of the headaches of which she was a frequent victim . The low door of ivory white , beautifully carved and paneled , with its mammoth brass knocker , the row of window boxes along the cornice a few feet above it , the very look of the house was an experience and an adventure to her . When she rang , the door opened almost instantly revealing Peter on the threshold with his arms open .