five minutes to four
She would stroll about until almost train time . She had over an hour 's wait . If she encountered any of the students she knew on the street they would attach no importance to seeing her . It was five minutes to four when she purchased her ticket to New York . To her relief she had seen no one she knew . When the train pulled into the station she was the first person to board it . She took a seat on the side of the car farthest from the platform , so she did not see a slim hurrying girl 's figure rush madly down the platform , just as the train was about to start , and swing herself up the car steps on the last second , heedless of the warning expostulation of the porter .