nearly half past four
She left soon after breakfast and would , she informed Winnie , return on the 5:48 train that afternoon . It was the day for Rosemary 's music lesson and she went , at two o'clock , to her teacher 's house . The lesson over , she took a book back to the Library for Aunt Trudy , bought some clothespins for Winnie and meeting Jack Welles , brown and freckled from his fishing trip , accepted his invitation to stop at the hardware store and see the prize trout his father had caught and which was mounted and on exhibition in the window . So it was nearly half past four when she reached home . `` Rosemary ! '' a shrill whisper came down to her over the bannisters , as she went upstairs to leave the book she had selected for Aunt Trudy on the table in her room . `` Rosemary , come up here , quick ! ''