six o'clock
Lady Maulevrier was waiting for them in the drawing-room . ` Oh , grandmother , why did you not take your tea ! ' exclaimed Lesbia , looking really distressed . ` It is six o'clock . ' ` I am used to have you at home to hand me my cup , ' replied the dowager , with a touch of reproachfulness . ` I am so sorry , ' said Lesbia , sitting down before the tea-table , and beginning her accustomed duty . ` Indeed , dear grandmother , I had no idea it was so late ; but it was such a lovely afternoon , and Mr. Hammond is so interested in everything connected with Wordsworth -- ' She was looking her loveliest at this moment , all that was softest in her nature called forth by her desire to please her grandmother , whom she really loved .