six in
the evening
She did not object to the honest pride in Walter Gray . He was probably a superior man for his station , being Mary 's father . As for that poor slattern , Lady Anne had lived too long in the world to be amazed by the marriages men made , either in her own exalted circle or in those below it . Walter Gray came , in a flutter of tender anxiety , at half-past six in the evening , to Lady Anne 's garden , where Mary was sitting in her wicker chair under the mulberry tree . Lady Anne had given orders that he was to be shown out to the garden when he called . `` My poor little girl ! '' he said , with an arm about Mary 's shoulder .