four o’clock
She was due at the South-Eastern station at Dorking , whither Mrs. Honeychurch drove to meet her . She arrived at the London and Brighton station , and had to hire a cab up . No one was at home except Freddy and his friend , who had to stop their tennis and to entertain her for a solid hour . Cecil and Lucy turned up at four o'clock , and these , with little Minnie Beebe , made a somewhat lugubrious sextette upon the upper lawn for tea . `` I shall never forgive myself , '' said Miss Bartlett , who kept on rising from her seat , and had to be begged by the united company to remain . `` I have upset everything . Bursting in on young people !