nearly one o'clock
She had accepted that as final . The talk in Lily 's parlor proved that there was not the slightest hope of getting Jacky . So the only thing for her to do was to keep Edith out of her house . When , at nearly one o'clock , shivering , she went up to her room , she was absorbed in thinking how she could do this . With any other girl it would have been simple enough ; never invite her ! But not Edith . Edith came without an invitation .