two in the afternoon
`` Certainly not , '' said Mr. Kennedy . `` I have been to church with him on Sundays myself , '' said Violet , perhaps not reflecting that the practices of early years had little to do with the young man 's life at present . Christmas day and the next day passed without any sign from Lord Chiltern , and on the day after that he was to go away . But he was not to leave till one or two in the afternoon . Not a word had been said between the two women , since he had been in the house , on the subject of which both of them were thinking . Very much had been said of the expediency of his going to Saulsby , but on this matter he had declined to make any promise . Sitting in Lady Laura 's room , in the presence of both of them , he had refused to do so .