half past six
The busy birds fluttered to and fro , twittering sleepily to each other , and for a short time the watcher forgot her anxiety in the majesty of the scene . Miles of hills and miles and miles of water stretched northward as far as her eyes could discern anything . The same water passed and repassed the old farmhouse , and for some time Jinnie tried to locate some familiar spot , off where the sky dipped to the lake . It was n't until she noticed the hands of the clock pointed to half past six that she became terribly nervous . She wanted to go to the hospital and get back to Peg . Mrs. Grandoken could n't leave the baby with Blind Bobbie , and there was supper to buy . Once more she paced the rooms , then back to the window .