About four o'clock
`` She is afraid to come ! '' said Janetta , passionately , and for almost the first time she felt a thrill of anger against her friend . Another visitor came , if Margaret did not . About four o'clock , just as Julian was beginning to wonder when he would be fetched away , a thundering peal at the door knocker announced the appearance of Wyvis Brand . Janetta was in the drawing-room putting away some music when he came in . She saw that he glanced eagerly round the room , as if expecting to see someone else -- perhaps Margaret Adair -- and her heart hardened to him a little as she gave him her hand . Had he come at that hour because Margaret generally took her lesson then ?