six o'clock
`` Yes , it is late ; we have been a long while , indeed , '' the girl said , getting up hastily . `` I forgot all about time . '' `` We are in plenty of time , '' Terence said , looking at his watch . `` As we all had some cold meat for lunch as soon as we arrived , I ordered dinner at six o'clock , and it wants twenty minutes of that time now . '' `` It is shocking , according to our Portuguese ideas , '' she said , demurely , `` for a young lady and gentleman to be talking together for nearly three hours without anyone to look after them . '' `` It is not at all shocking , according to Irish ideas , '' Terence said , laughing , `` especially when the young lady and gentleman happen to be cousins . '' They walked a short time in silence , then she said : `` I have obeyed you , Terence , and have n't uttered a word of thanks for what you have done for me . ''