five o'clock
It was all well enough to look facts in the face , but it was better still to keep on fighting until the gong rang . And when he was fighting against the cant purity and goodness of Mr. Mix , and the cold astigmatism of Aunt Mirabelle , he 'd be hanged if he quit in the first round . No , even if Henry himself knew that he was beaten , nobody else was going to know it , and Anna least of all . At five o'clock , he came blithely into his living-room : and as he saw Anna 's expression , his own changed suddenly . He had thought to find her in tears ; but she was coming to him with her usual welcome , her usual smile . Henry did n't quite understand himself , but he was just the least bit offended , regardless of his relief . You simply could n't tell from one minute to the next what a woman was going to do .