half past
two
`` If that is n't a man 's letter , I 'll eat my cap , ribbons and all -- and that one , and that one . '' Mrs. Mellows rose hastily , gathered her flowing negligee about her and beat a retreat . She turned at the door , `` You 're a rude little girl , and I sha n't count on you to go to Bendel 's . If you want me , I 'll be here from half past two to four , when I go for bridge . '' With the air of a Christian martyr she betook herself to the seclusion of her own rooms . Dorothy suffered herself to be dressed as she opened her mail . Aunt Lydia had diagnosed it with almost psychic exactness , and its mystery had ceased to be interesting .