one o'clock
Bab pleaded . Ruth was explaining matters to the chauffeur . He was to take the car to Lenox . Every afternoon at one o'clock he was to return with it to this fork in the road and wait for half an hour . If `` The Automobile Girls '' decided on a trip to one of the nearby towns , they would join him at this place ; for here the good road ended and the trail up the hillside began . The camp was a long way from any town , but an automobile defies distance . Miss Stuart looked truly miserable when she saw their car disappear down the foot of the hill .