six o'clock
When he had praised her for it on alighting from his train she had answered frankly enough that such things should be taken at a jump . She did n't care to-day who saw her , and she profited by it for her joy . To-morrow , inevitably , she should have time to think and then , as inevitably , would become a baser creature , a creature of alarms and precautions . It was none the less for to-morrow at an early hour that she had appointed their next meeting , keeping in mind for the present a particular obligation to show at Lancaster Gate by six o'clock . She had given , with imprecations , her reason -- people to tea , eternally , and a promise to Aunt Maud ; but she had been liberal enough on the spot and had suggested the National Gallery for the morning quite as with an idea that had ripened in expectancy . They might be seen there too , but nobody would know them ; just as , for that matter , now , in the refreshment-room to which they had adjourned , they would incur the notice but , at the worst , of the unacquainted . They would `` have something '' there for the facility it would give .