eight o'clock
Unfortunately the next morning a call came for the doctor before eight o'clock and snatching a hasty breakfast , he was out of the house before the girls came down . He had no opportunity for the talk with Sarah that day for although he came home to lunch , she was , of course in school , and he did not get home in time for dinner . In fact , it was nearly nine o'clock before his car rolled into the drive . Aunt Trudy and Rosemary , Winnie told him , had gone to the movies as a Friday night treat , and Sarah and Shirley had gone to bed promptly at eight o'clock . `` I was setting bread , and did n't see 'em go , '' Winnie added significantly . Doctor Hugh went upstairs to the third floor . A light shone under Sarah 's door .