two o’clock
It was a queer damper , and she turned it about , and then , stepping lightly on her bare feet , returned to the bench and sat down there again with her feet up . There was complete silence on the other side of the partition . She looked at the tiny watch that hung round her neck . It was two o'clock . ` Our party should return about three ! ' She had not more than an hour before her . ` Well , am I to sit like this all alone ?