quarter past four
My silent prayers warmed my heart , and blessed me with new strength and courage . At half past two we drove into Romer . Bob put up his horse at a stable , and we dined together at a hotel . At quarter past four , the train going east arrived ; and , bidding Bob an affectionate farewell , after he had promised to write me the news in Parkville on his return , Kate and I entered the car , and were soon whirling away from the town , from friends and from enemies . THOUGH I had not travelled much , I felt quite at home on the train . I was not troubled with any of that disagreeable quality called `` greenness , '' for I had read the newspapers every day regularly for five years ; and , through them , a person may know the world without seeing much of it . Besides , nearly all my schoolmates had come from places more or less distant ; and , being of an inquiring mind , I had `` pumped '' many of them dry .