about three o'clock
Oaklands remained a few days at Cambridge after Wilford 's departure , as he said , to pack up , but , as I felt certain , to prevent the possibility of Wilford 's imagining that he was anxious in any way to avoid him . Finding at length that his rooms were dismantled , and that he would not in all probability return till the end of the Long Vacation , Harry ceased to trouble his head any further about the matter , and we set off for Heathfield , accompanied by Archer , whom Harry had invited to pay him a visit . We found all well at our respective homes ; my mother appeared much stronger , and was actually growing quite stout , for her ; and Fanny looked so pretty , that I was not surprised at the very particular attentions paid her from the first moment of his introduction by the volatile Archer -LRB- who , by the way , was a regular male flirt -RRB- , attentions which I was pleased to perceive she appreciated exactly at their proper value . We soon fell into our old habits again , Oaklands and Archer setting out after breakfast for a stroll , or on a fishing expedition , which usually ended in Harry 's coming to an anchor under some spreading oak or beech , where he remained , `` doing a bit of the _ dolce _ , '' as Archer called it , till luncheon time ; whilst I , who could not afford to be idle , read hard till about three o'clock , and then joined in whatever amusement was the order of the day . `` Frank , may I come in ? '' exclaimed Fanny 's silvery voice outside my study door , one morning during my working hours when I had been at home about a fortnight . `` To be sure you may , you little torment , '' replied I ; `` are you coming to learn mathematics , or to teach me crochet ?