five o'clock
The luncheon was excellent , served with a tranquil perfection only to be attained by careful training ; and yet Miss Wendover 's youthful butler three years ago had been a bird boy ; while her rosy-cheeked parlour-maid was only eighteen , and had escaped but two years from the primitive habits of cottage life . Aunt Betsy had a genius for training young servants . ` You had better unpack your boxes directly after luncheon , said Miss Wendover , when Ida had eaten with very good appetite , ` and arrange your things in your drawers . That will take you an hour or so , I suppose -- say till five o'clock , when Bessie is coming over to afternoon tea . ' ` Oh , I am so glad ! I am longing to see Bessie . Is she as lovable and pretty as ever ? '