nearly twelve o'clock
`` I am glad you made up your mind to come , '' he said , as they drove from the station , `` for I shall be obliged to go up to town to-morrow , and I feel happier to leave you in possession . I think Cedric likes the idea of having you . He is not looking well , but one must expect that ; he has had rather a rough time of it . Oh , I forgot to say that he can not possibly be with you until nearly twelve o'clock . '' Dinah tried not to give her sister a reproachful look when Malcolm said this . Malcolm only waited to hear how they liked the rooms he had taken before he went back to his hotel ; but at their earnest request he promised to have breakfast with them the following morning , and also to take a later train , that they might have time for a good talk . He kept his appointment punctually , and the conversation of course turned first on Cedric , but Malcolm was somewhat reticent on the subject of that stormy interview in Cheyne Walk .