six o'clock
Letters and telegrams have been flying to and fro , and if we altered the date there is no saying when we should meet . I am very , very sorry , but it is impossible to go with you . '' `` But surely you could be spared for the afternoon ! You would see your fwiend in the morning , and at dinner -- '' `` She wo n't arrive until lunch-time , and must leave again at six o'clock . She will travel four hours in the train just to spend the afternoon with us , so I could not possibly go out ; but there is no reason why Mellicent should stay in too . She could go instead of me . '' Peggy would not have ventured to make such a suggestion had not Rosalind 's own protestations opened the way , but as it was she felt no diffidence in making it , and the change from despair to rapture on her friend 's expressive face went far to console her for her own disappointment .