four o’clock
I 'll be going into a strange country soon , and I should not wonder if some of them that have gone there first will be ready to stand by me . We do n't know what friends we 'll be glad of there . '' The dinner bell broke up this conversation , and Ethel during it told Madam about the cook and cooking at the Court and at Nicholas Rawdon 's , where John Thomas had installed a French chef . Other domestic arrangements were discussed , and when the Judge called for his daughter at four o'clock , Madam vowed `` she had spent one of the happiest days of her life . '' `` Ruth tells me , '' said the Judge , `` that Dora Stanhope called for Ethel soon after she left home this morning . Ruth seems troubled at the continuance of this friendship . Have you spoken to your grandmother , Ethel , about Dora ? ''