half past five
Will half past five be too late for us to come ? It is three now , and we have to go to the station for our valise and for our children . We left them there , being uncertain whether we should go back or stop here . '' Rebecca said that half past five was their supper hour , and then accepted an invitation to drive home with Mrs. Cobb . Her face was flushed and her lip quivered in a way that aunt Sarah had learned to know , so the homeward drive was taken almost in silence . The bleak wind and aunt Sarah 's quieting presence brought her back to herself , however , and she entered the brick house cheerily . Being too full of news to wait in the side entry to take off her rubber boots , she carefully lifted a braided rug into the sitting-room and stood on that while she opened her budget .