seven o'clock
She nodded . `` I 'll stay , '' she said curtly . And then she lapsed once more into her former state of silence and sullenness ; and Hubert left her with a smile of farewell and a secret aspiration that he might not see her again ; for it seemed to him that he could never look upon the face of Andrew Westwood 's daughter without a pang . He decided to catch the seven o'clock train to London . `` You 'll be late for your engagement , I am afraid , '' Mrs. Rumbold said to him ; thinking of his excuse for running away . He only smiled and nodded as he walked off , by way of reply . His dinner in town , he knew well enough , would be eaten in solitude at his club .