two o'clock in the afternoon
He wanted to know whether she would not come and see the paintings at his friend 's studio -- whether she could not make up her mind to come to a barn-dance which some bachelor friends of his had arranged . When she pleaded being out of sorts he urged her to pull herself together . `` You 're making things very difficult for your admirers , '' he suggested , sweetly . Aileen fancied she had postponed the struggle diplomatically for some little time without ending it , when at two o'clock in the afternoon her door-bell was rung and the name of Lynde brought up . `` He said he was sure you were in , '' commented the footman , on whom had been pressed a dollar , `` and would you see him for just a moment ? He would not keep you more than a moment . '' Aileen , taken off her guard by this effrontery , uncertain as to whether there might not be something of some slight import concerning which he wished to speak to her , quarreling with herself because of her indecision , really fascinated by Lynde as a rival for her affections , and remembering his jesting , coaxing voice of the morning , decided to go down .