six o'clock
she quickly asked . `` A fifteen minute ride . '' The girl glanced at her watch . It was not quite six o'clock . Mary Louise and the Colonel would not appear for breakfast for a good two hours yet and after breakfast they were all to go to the yacht . The hour was opportune , affording her time to visit poor Doctor Anstruther and return before her friends were up . Had Alora paused to give Janet 's story more consideration she might have seen the inconsistencies in the nurse 's statements , but her only thoughts were to learn her mother 's secret and to show her sincere consideration for her kindly old friend .