seven o’clock
And did not Miss Vincent allow that one is not bound to treat aunts like parents ? ' Even the discovery of Captain White 's antecedents was almost an offence , for if her aunt would not let her inquire , why should she do so herself , save to preserve the choice morceau for her own superior intelligence ? Thus all the reply that Gillian deigned was , ` Of course I knew that Captain White could never have done anything to be ashamed of . ' The weather was too wet for any previous meetings , and it was on a wild stormy evening that the two sisters appeared at seven o'clock at Beechcroft Cottage . While hats and waterproofs were being taken off upstairs , Gillian found opportunity to give a warning against mentioning the Greek lessons . It was received with consternation . ` Oh , Miss Merrifield , do not your aunts know ? '