four o'clock
Shopping , all by herself , was even more delightful ; so she dallied over every purchase and every exchange as long as she could -- and it was not hard to dally , with the crowds , the long waits , and the delays for change . At one o'clock , when in state she ate her luncheon at a pretty white table in a large department-store dining-room , she had not half finished her task . She was so glad there was still so much to do ! But at four o'clock , when she did finish , she looked at her watch with faintly troubled eyes . She had not , indeed , realized that it was quite so late . She remembered , too , suddenly , for the first time , that Miss Chick had told her to come back early . She wondered -- could she catch the four-twenty train ?