four o’clock
The reply ran thus : -- KNAPWATER HOUSE , August 3 , 1864 . ` Miss Aldclyffe is in want of a young person as lady 's - maid . The duties of the place are light . Miss Aldclyffe will be in Budmouth on Thursday , when -LRB- should G. still not have heard of a place -RRB- she would like to see her at the Belvedere Hotel , Esplanade , at four o'clock . No answer need be returned to this note . ' A little earlier than the time named , Cytherea , clothed in a modest bonnet , and a black silk jacket , turned down to the hotel . Expectation , the fresh air from the water , the bright , far-extending outlook , raised the most delicate of pink colours to her cheeks , and restored to her tread a portion of that elasticity which her past troubles , and thoughts of Edward , had well-nigh taken away .