four o'clock
I know all about it . Come away , quick ; I 've got something very important to say to you . '' And she took her dad 's arm and went off down the hill , mopping her pretty eyes with her handkerchief and smiling back , every once in a while , through her tears , at Asaph . Now , it happened that there was a selectmen 's meeting that afternoon at four o'clock . I was on hand , and so was Zoeth Tiddit and most of the others . Cap'n Poundberry and Darius Gott were late . Zoeth was as happy as a clam at high water ; he 'd sold the poorhouse property that very day to a Colonel Lamont , from Harniss , who wanted it for a summer place .