about three o'clock in the afternoon
He perfectly understood the condition of Lord George 's mind , and perceived that it would not be expedient for him to interfere quite on the first moment . As soon as the Marquis should have settled himself in the house , of course he would call ; and when the Marquis had settled himself , and when the world had begun to recognise the fact that the Marquis , with his Italian Marchioness , and his little Italian , so-called Popenjoy , were living at Manor Cross , then , -- if he saw his way , -- the Dean would bestir himself . And so the Marquis arrived . He reached the Brotherton station with his wife , a baby , a lady 's maid , a nurse , a valet , a cook , and a courier , about three o'clock in the afternoon ; and the whole crowd of them were carried off in their carriages to Manor Cross . A great many of the inhabitants of Brotherton were there to see , for this coming of the Marquis had been talked of far and wide . He himself took no notice of the gathering people , -- was perhaps unaware that there was any gathering . He and his wife got into one carriage ; the nurse , the lady 's maid , and the baby into a second ; the valet and courier , and cook into a third .