five o'clock
He had expected to hear from Stephen . ` Damn that old woman ! You 'd think she was working the whole show ! ' However , he turned up at a little before five o'clock , spruce and dapper and well dressed and groomed as usual . He was shown , as before , into the blue drawing-room . Miss Rowly , who sat there , rose as he entered , and coming across the room , greeted him , as he thought , effusively . He actually winced when she called him ` my dear boy ' before the butler .