about four o'clock
No doubt poor dear Wilmet only wants me to go and put an end to it . ' Strictly speaking , this was self-assertion . She had not the assurance to intrude , and she contented herself with keeping Cherry on thorns by threatening to go in , and declaring that the whole must be untrue , since Wilmet had not told her . Time went on very slowly ; and at last Wilmet , about four o'clock , was seen advancing , with Theodore in one hand and her great basket of mending in the other . And before Alda had time to rise from her chair , Robina darted across the grass , with flaming cheeks and low , hurried , frightened confession -- ` Wilmet , please , it is honest to tell you ; Willie Harewood knows , and told me , and I could n't help it ; I told them to keep away . ' ` It always happens so , ' said Wilmet , less discomposed than Robina expected , though she had evidently been shedding tears . ` Not that there is anything to tell . '