four o'clock
But she held the letter a fortnight before sending it . If her father refused her , she was desperate indeed . Planning , planning , planning , she endured the days . Wallace was not well ; wretched with grippe , he spent almost the entire day in bed when he was at home , dressing at four o'clock and going out of the house without a farewell . Sometimes , for two or three nights a week , Martie did not know where he was ; his friends kept him in money , and made him feel himself a deeply wronged and unappreciated man . She could picture him in bars , in cafes , in hot hotel rooms seriously talking over a card-table , boasting , threatening . She dismissed Isabeau Eato with a promise that the girl accepted ungraciously .