two o'clock
`` Go to-day , Dan , '' she said , and she stretched out her hand impressively across the table toward him . He seized it with a gush of tenderness , and they drew together in their resolution to live for others . He said he would go at once . But the next train did not leave till two o'clock , and there was plenty of time . In the meanwhile it was in the accomplishment of their high aims that they sat down on the sofa together and talked of their future ; Alice conditioned it wholly upon his people 's approval of her , which seemed wildly unnecessary to Mavering , and amused him immensely . `` Yes , '' she said , `` I know you will think me strange in a great many things ; but I shall never keep anything from you , and I 'm going to tell you that I went to matins this morning . '' `` To matins ? ''