about four
o'clock
He was spending more time at his books , having earned a nice little sum during the winter taking care of furnaces and shoveling paths . That work was past now , and he said he had enough money to keep him comfortably until the end of the school year . It was another Saturday . Neale had driven out into the country for a neighbor , but had promised to come to the old Corner House about four o'clock . Almost always he took supper Saturday evening with the girls . Mrs. MacCall usually had fishcakes and baked beans , and Neale was extravagantly fond of that homely New England combination . As it chanced , none of the four Kenways but Ruth went shopping that afternoon .