'How is it that she is out at this extraordinary hour?'
'Is there anything extraordinary about the hour?' asked Anne, looking at the clock. 'It's three; somehow I always regard three as a particularly ordinary hour.'
'I differ from you, Miss Yeo.'
'Anyhow, it happens every day,' murmured Anne.
'Was Hyacinth out to lunch?' said Lady Cannon.
'No—no. She lunched at home.'
'Do you think she'll be long?'
'Oh, no; I shouldn't think she would be many minutes.'
'Then I think I'll wait.'
'Do,' said Anne cordially.