six o’clock
Later , he strolled along the road over which he knew Dorise must come . But all to no avail . There was no sign of her . Until six o'clock he waited , when , in blank despair , he mounted beside Mead again and drove back to Shapley Manor . It was curious that Dorise had not come to meet him , but he attributed it to The Sparrow 's inability to convey a message to her . She might have gone out of town with her mother , he thought . Or , perhaps , at the last moment , she had been unable to get away .