seven o'clock
`` Yours very sincerely , `` CARRISSIMA . '' The mountain in labour having brought forth a mouse , Carrissima put on her hat and set out , intending personally to post the letter . There would be ample time . He would receive it before seven o'clock , and , it was to be hoped , reach Grandison Square soon after nine . She determined to be on the watch for his arrival , in order to take him to some unoccupied room . Well , what then ? she wondered , as she drew near the pillar-box .