about four o'clock
It was actually too warm to go about in the middle of the day , and especially now , since the sun had come out exceedingly hot after the storm . Jack and Walter , however , declared that they were going down to the marina to get the earliest possible news . As it chanced , the girls remaining at the hotel were the first to hear that which made so great a difference to them . Cora , Bess and Belle , with Inez , whose head had stopped aching , came down about four o'clock , dressed for a stroll . There was to be a band concert in one of the public park -- the first in several days . As they went up to the desk to leave their keys , they saw standing talking to the clerk a very stout man , at the sight of whom Inez drew back behind Cora . `` It is him -- him again , '' she whispered .