four o'clock
On the 15th of May I left Heatherlegh 's house at eleven o'clock in the morning ; and the instinct of the bachelor drove me to the Club . There I found that every man knew my story as told by Heatherlegh , and was , in clumsy fashion , abnormally kind and attentive . Nevertheless I recognized that for the rest of my natural life I should be among but not of my fellows ; and I envied very bitterly indeed the laughing coolies on the Mall below . I lunched at the Club , and at four o'clock wandered aimlessly down the Mall in the vague hope of meeting Kitty . Close to the Band-stand the black and white liveries joined me ; and I heard Mrs. Wessington 's old appeal at my side . I had been expecting this ever since I came out ; and was only surprised at her delay . The phantom ` rickshaw and I went side by side along the Chota Simla road in silence .