nearly half after three
With something in her voice which sounded suspiciously like a sob , she ran away up the stairs . Knitting his brows , Jarvis went into the west wing to the telephone , that instrument having been promptly installed upon the Burnside family 's arrival for the summer . After considering a minute he called up a railway ticket-office and learned that the best through train Sally could take would leave at 5.30 that afternoon . His watch told him that it was then nearly half after three . There must be rapid work if Sally was to catch that train . Then he had Max on the wire . Statement , question , and answer now came back and forth in quick succession .