Three o’clock
She was surprised to find how , in the last months , she had lost the habit of introspection . Since their coming to the Hotel Bellosguardo she and Gannett had tacitly avoided themselves and each other . She was aroused by the whistle of the three o'clock steamboat as it neared the landing just beyond the hotel gates . Three o'clock ! Then Gannett would soon be back -- he had told her to expect him before four . She rose hurriedly , her face averted from the inquisitorial facade of the hotel . She could not see him just yet ; she could not go indoors .