seven o'clock
Did Flower miss it too ? '' `` I 'm afraid not , '' said Miss Tyrell , even more pensively than before . `` Good heavens , I never heard of such a thing , '' said Fraser ; `` how ever did you manage to do it ? '' `` I went to lie down a little while on Saturday afternoon , '' said Poppy , reflectively ; `` I 'd got my box packed and everything ready ; when I got up it was past seven o'clock , and then I knew it was no use . Ships wo n't wait , you know . '' Fraser gazed at her in amaze . In his mind 's eye he still saw the deck of the Golden Cloud ; but Poppy 's deck-chair was empty , and Flower , in place of exchanging glances with her , was walking about in a state equally compounded , of wrath and bewilderment .