half past five
`` I want to come and see you at once , '' he said . `` Where are you ? '' `` At home , '' she answered , `` but I 'm going out this minute for the day . If you 'd like a picnic tea here at half past five , though , come and I 'll tell you what I 've been doing . '' He asked if this meant that she was staying all by herself in the Dearborn Avenue house without even a servant , and at his lively horror over this she laughed with an amusement which sounded genuine enough to reassure him somewhat . She ended the conversation by telling him that she had left her father with the impression that she was going straight to Hickory Hill . She was writing Aunt Lucile a note saying she meant to stay in town for a few days .