one o'clock
Here 's your short cut , and I 'll run home across these fields . Good-bye , and -- and thank you , Val . '' She was off , and though for a moment he thought of running after her , a glance at his watch stopped him . It was already past one o'clock and though for himself he had nothing to fear if late for luncheon , since his grandmother was accustomed to unpunctuality , and would be only too ready to pardon it on the present occasion , with Leo it was different . Luckily she was nearer home than he was . Flying along as she was doing , she might get in by a side door before the general stalked into the dining-room , and he sincerely hoped she would . He watched till she was out of sight .