one o'clock
Elizabeth put on an air of great severity as she regarded the culprit . `` Rotherwood is about a mile and a quarter from our gate , '' she observed , apostrophising some midges that were dancing in a sunbeam overhead . `` You could walk there easily in twenty minutes . It is now one o'clock , and you have been away exactly three hours and a half , '' and here she consulted the miniature watch that she wore as an ornament as well as for utility . `` If it be not impertinent , may we inquire why you have absented yourself the whole morning ? '' `` Oh , shut up , Bet , '' returned her brother impatiently . `` Sarcasm is not your style at all .