about seven o'clock
`` Gone ? When did she go ? '' `` I have bad news for you . Northway has come back ; he called at the cottage about seven o'clock . I did n't let him know Lilian was there , and soon got rid of him ; he said he would have to see you again . Lilian was dreadfully agitated , and when I happened to leave the room , she went out -- disappeared -- I thought she must have come home '' -- `` What do the servants say ? '' `` They have n't seen her . ''