five o’clock
Mary Ogilvie , coming to Kenminster as usual when her holidays began in June , found the photograph in the place of honour on her brother 's chimney-piece , and a little one beside it of the artist herself . So far as Carey herself was concerned , Mary was much better satisfied . She did not look so worn or so flighty , and had a quieter and more really cheerful tone and manner , as of one who had settled into her home and occupations . She had made friends , too -- few , but worth having ; and there were those who pronounced the Folly the pleasantest house in Kenminster , and regarded the five o'clock tea , after the weekly physical science lecture at the school , as a delightful institution . Of course , the schoolmaster was one of these ; and when Mary found how all his paths tended to the Pagoda , she hated herself for being a suspicious old duenna . Nevertheless , she could not but be alarmed by finding that her project of a walking tour through Brittany was not , indeed , refused , but deferred , with excuses about having work to finish , being in no hurry , and the like . `` I think you ought to go , '' said Mary at last .