one o'clock
For three days , now , Pete had been at the home of his niece in South Boston . He had been forced , finally , to give up and go away . News from him the day before had been anything but reassuring , and to-day , Bertram being gone , Billy had suggested that Eliza serve a simple luncheon and go immediately afterward to South Boston to see how her uncle was . This suggestion Eliza had followed , leaving the house at one o'clock . Shortly after two Calderwell had dropped in to bring Bertram , as he expressed it , a bunch of bouquets he had gathered at the picture show the night before . He was still in the drawing-room , chatting with Billy , when the telephone bell rang . `` If that 's Bertram , tell him to come home ; he 's got company , '' laughed Calderwell , as Billy passed into the hall .