five o'clock in the afternoon
-- '' it pleaded . `` You ca n't say you 're out when I can see perfectly well that you 're in . '' `` Go away Kitty , I 'm busy . '' `` You 've no business to be busy at five o'clock in the afternoon . '' Miss Kitty Palliser 's body was outside the window , but her head , crowned with a marvellous double-peaked hat of Parma violets , was already within the room . `` I 'm dying of thirst , '' she said ; `` take me in and be kind to me and give me tea . '' Lucia rose and went to the window , reluctant but resigned .