five o'clock
Then he circled back , motioning them to wait . `` Here 's sunthin ' I most forgot , '' he said , giving Ruth a note . `` I 'd drive you back fer nothin ' , only I 've got sech a load . '' The note was from Miss Ainslie , inviting Miss Thorne and her friend to come at five o'clock and stay to tea . No answer was expected unless she could not come . The quaint , old-fashioned script was in some way familiar . A flash of memory took Ruth back to the note she had found in the dresser drawer , beginning : `` I thank you from my heart for understanding me . ''