one o'clock
Virginia 's gladness gave way just before the company assembled , and she too shed many tears . There was a breakfast , more dismal fooling than even this species of fooling is wont to be . Mr. Newdick , trembling and bloodless , proposed Monica 's health ; Widdowson , stern and dark as ever , gloomily responded ; and then , _ that _ was happily over . By one o'clock the gathering began to disperse . Monica drew Rhoda Nunn aside . ` It was very kind of you to come , ' she whispered , with half a sob . ` It all seems very silly , and I 'm sure you have wished yourself away a hundred times .