about five o'clock
You shut your eyes , and try ! '' Put to the proof , this dictum received more confirmation than it deserved , solely to secure an audience for the flattering tales of Hope . Much of the afternoon passed too , but without visitors . Because it would never do , said Irene , for her brother not to be at his best when Gwen and her mother came to pay their visit , resolved on this morning , at what was usually the best moment of his day -- about five o'clock . Besides , he was to be got up and really dressed -- not merely huddled into clothes -- and this was a fatiguing operation , never carried out in dire earnest before . Doctor and Nurse had assented , on condition that Mr. Torrens should be content to remain in his room , and not insist on going downstairs . Where was the use of his doing so , with such a journey before him to-morrow ?