three o'clock
She 'd have thought he was a man who would not easily fall in love ; but perhaps Miss Leslie was very pretty , and , for the matter of that , they might be going to be married . Meanwhile Miss Hender regretted having told Kate anything about Mr. Lennox . The best and surest way was to let people find out things for themselves , and having an instinctive repugnance to virtue -- at least , to questions of conscience -- she could not abide whining about spilt milk . Beyond an occasional reference to their work , the women did not speak again , until at three o'clock Mrs. Ede announced that dinner was ready . There was not much to eat , however , and Kate had little appetite , and she was glad when the meal was finished . She had then to help Mrs. Ede in getting the rooms ready , and when this was done it was time for tea . But not even this meal did they get in comfort , for Mr. Lennox had ordered a beefsteak for supper ; somebody would have to go to fetch it .