four o'clock
'T is on the stroke of four , my dear , '' said Mrs Rookwood , returning : `` but I beg you will not hurry away . '' `` Oh , but I must , if you please ! '' answered Lettice , feeling a sensation of instant and intense relief . `` Grandmother bade me not tarry beyond four o'clock . I thank you very much , Gentlewoman , and I wish you farewell . -- Aubrey , you will come with me ? '' Aubrey looked extremely indisposed to do so , and Lettice wondered for what reason he could possibly wish to stay : but Mrs Rookwood , hearing of Lady Louvaine 's order , made no further attempt to delay her young guest .