half past four
`` I love a hop vine , and it grows on forever . '' `` James and I seem to be in the same condition . If we do n't start home we 'll go on talking forever , '' Margaret complained humorously . `` There 's to be hot chocolate for us down stairs at half past four , '' said Dorothy , jumping up and looking at a clock that was ticking industriously on a shelf . `` Let 's go down and get it , and we 'll ask Mother to sing the funny old song of ` The Four Seasons ' for us . '' `` Why is it funny ? '' asked Ethel Blue .