nearly five o'clock
I see you have a masterly touch for so young an artist . I wo n't say anything hackneyed about so fair a one ; for women are showing us nowadays that there are no regions of art closed against them . Well , it is a divine amusement , and a glorious profession . '' There was a little pause after this , during which Clarissa looked at her watch , and finding it nearly five o'clock , began to put up her pencils and drawing-book . `` I did not think that you knew Lady Laura Armstrong , '' she said ; and then blushed for the speech , remembering that , as she knew absolutely nothing about himself or his belongings , the circumstance of her ignorance on this one point was by no means surprising . `` No ; nor did I expect to meet you here , '' replied the gentleman . `` And yet I might almost have done so , knowing that you lived at Arden .