four o'clock
He seemed to have odd bits of fur on his face and under his chin , and Aunt Maria said that he suffered from a sore throat , that was why , which he caught at Aunt Mary 's wedding ; and so I counted up -- and as Aunt Mary is your eldest sister , it must have been more than twenty years ago . I do call that a long sore throat , do n't you ? and I would n't keep a coachman with a beard , would you ? We went at a snail 's pace , and got in at four o'clock , and then there was tea at half-past , with the nicest bread-and-butter you ever tasted . And after that I said I must write to you , and so here I am , and I feel that if it goes on much longer I shall do something dreadful . Now good-bye , dearest Mamma . -- Your affectionate daughter , Elizabeth .