two o’clock
Imagine a woman who wears a green crape bonnet in December and has straps sticking out of the ankles of her interminable boots ! My mother begged I would do something to oblige them . I have undertaken to play _ valet de place _ this afternoon . They were to have met me here at two o'clock , and I have been waiting for them twenty minutes . Why does n't she arrive ? She has at least a pair of feet to carry her . I do n't know whether to be furious at their playing me false , or delighted to have escaped them . ''