one o'clock
For by this Henry had made the acquaintance of the whole family : Mr. and Mrs. Flower and four daughters in all , -- all pretty girls , but not one of the others with a face like that , -- which was another puzzle . How is it that out of one family one will be chosen by the Spirit of Beauty or genius , and the others so unmistakably left ? There could be no doubt as to whom had been chosen here . One day the step coming up the yard at one o'clock seemed to be different , and when the door opened it was another sister who had brought his lunch that day . Her eldest sister was ill , she explained , and in bed ; and it was so for the next day , and again the next . Could it be possible that Henry had watched so eagerly for that little face , that he missed it so much already ? The next morning he bought some roses on his way through town , and begged that they might be allowed to brighten her room ; and the next day surely it was the same light little tread once more coming up the yard .