one o'clock
But she put on her hat and coat and went out . It was a lovely morning , sunny and with just a touch of crispness in the air , as if during the night winter had passed that way and breathed on the world . Peg wandered round the West End staring vacantly into shop windows , but her thoughts were far away . It was only when , towards one o'clock , she began to feel hungry the sudden idea came to her that she would go home . She had only visited her own people twice since she left them at Forrester 's request . There was a tingling of excitement in her veins as she climbed on to a city omnibus . What would they say to her , she wondered .