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The little party might easily have spent all their allotted time in the examination of these and other interesting relics , had not Jack hurried them away . `` I realize we ca n't begin to see all there is to see on our first trip , '' he said , `` but we can do our best , anyway . '' They visited the art gallery , filled with marvelous paintings and sculptures ; went through the room where old-time and modern musical instruments were gathered together ; and so on through a very world of wonders , of which , as Evelyn plaintively remarked , `` they had only time to see enough to make them want to see more . '' So interested were they that it was four o'clock before they realized that it was long past the time set for Mr. and Mrs. Payton 's return . But suddenly this fact dawned on Phil , and he drew Lucile aside and asked her in a whisper what she supposed could be keeping them . Lucile looked worried . `` You do n't think anything could have happened ; an accident , perhaps ? ''