half past four
Climb in here , both of you , and when we get this windfall out of the road we 'll go on to town . '' Blount put Patricia into the empty tonneau while Shack and the chauffeur were making the tow-rope hitch , but he was still angry enough to hesitate when it came his turn . A glance at his watch decided him . It was still only half past four . Had his father repented so far as to override the obstacle which he himself had interposed ? Patricia was holding the tonneau-door open , and Blount got in and took his seat beside her . A small engineering feat , made possible by the power plant of the big car and the tow-rope , soon cleared the way of the wrecked roadster and the tree .