six o’clock
There was nothing flighty about Mrs. Touchett , but she recognised no social superiors , and , judging the great ones of the earth in a way that spoke of this , enjoyed the consciousness of making an impression on a candid and susceptible mind . Isabel at first had answered a good many questions , and it was from her answers apparently that Mrs. Touchett derived a high opinion of her intelligence . But after this she had asked a good many , and her aunt 's answers , whatever turn they took , struck her as food for deep reflexion . Mrs. Touchett waited for the return of her other niece as long as she thought reasonable , but as at six o'clock Mrs. Ludlow had not come in she prepared to take her departure . `` Your sister must be a great gossip . Is she accustomed to staying out so many hours ? '' `` You 've been out almost as long as she , '' Isabel replied ; `` she can have left the house but a short time before you came in . ''