ten o'clock
Miss Hastings did not exactly snub Sam in the morning , but she was surprisingly indifferent to him after all her previous cordiality , and even went so far as to forget the early morning constitutional she was to have taken with him ; instead she passed him coolly by on the porch right after an extremely early breakfast , and sauntered away down lovers ' lane , arm in arm with Billy Westlake , who was already looking very much comforted . Sam , who had been dreading that walk , released it with a sigh of intense satisfaction , planning that in the interim until time for his drive , he would improve his tennis a bit with Miss Westlake . He was just hunting her up when he met Bob Tilloughby , who invited him to join a riding party from both houses for a trip over to Sunset Rock . `` Sorry , '' said Sam with secret satisfaction , `` but I 've an engagement over at Hollis Creek at ten o'clock , '' and Tilloughby carried that information back to Miss Westlake , who had sent him . An engagement at Hollis Creek at ten o'clock , eh ? Well , Miss Westlake knew who that meant ; none other than her dear friend , Josephine Stevens ! Being a young lady of considerable directness , she went immediately to her father .