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quarter after four
`` It ca n't be near sundown yet . Did I make a mistake in the time ? '' He looked at his watch again . It showed a quarter after four . `` I must get a look at this country . '' Hurriedly he threw off his jacket and proceeded to climb the big pine , which , fortunately , was limbed to the ground . From the lofty top his eye could sweep the country for many miles around .