two o’clock
I daresay you will suit one another . She 's a very queer girl , Beatrice , quite beyond me with her ideas , and it was a funny thing her holding you so tight , but I suppose Providence arranged that . Good-bye for the present , Mr. Bingham , '' and this curious specimen of a clergyman vanished , leaving Geoffrey quite breathless . It was half-past two o'clock , and the doctor had told him that he could see Miss Granger at three . He wished that it was three , for he was tired of his own thoughts and company , and naturally anxious to renew his acquaintance with the strange girl who had begun by impressing him so deeply and ended by saving his life . There was complete quiet in the house ; Betty , the maid-of-all-work , was employed in the kitchen , both the doctors had gone , and Elizabeth and her father were out . To-day there was no wind , it had blown itself away during the night , and the sight of the sunbeams streaming through the windows made Geoffrey long to be in the open air .