about one o'clock
To be sure , a pretty , young , unmarried sister , was perhaps the least objectionable encumbrance a woman could have ; but , notwithstanding , Mr Proctor would have been glad could he have seen any feasible way of disposing of Lucy . It was utterly out of the question to think of her going out as a governess ; and it was quite evident that Mr Wentworth , even were he perfectly cleared of every imputation , having himself nothing to live upon , could scarcely offer to share his poverty with poor Mr Wodehouse 's cherished pet and darling . `` I daresay she has been used to live expensively , '' Mr Proctor said to himself , wincing a little in his own mind at the thought . It was about one o'clock when he reached the green door -- an hour at which , during the few months of his incumbency at Carlingford , he had often presented himself at that hospitable house . Poor Mr Wodehouse ! Mr Proctor could not help wondering at that moment how he was getting on in a world where , according to ordinary ideas , there are no lunch nor dinner parties , no old port nor savoury side-dishes . Somehow it was impossible to realise Mr Wodehouse with other surroundings than those of good-living and creature-comfort .