four o'clock
`` I am happy , dear , in anything that makes you happy ; though sixteen is not exactly an age contemporary with my own . But I enjoy having Hepworth down , and I like young Harper a great deal . Then , of course , I have my little friends , Mr. and Mrs. Elliott , to play with -- so I am not entirely dependent on the kindergarten . '' The Barlow twins and Nan Allen were expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon at four o'clock , and everything at Boxley Hall was in readiness for the arrival of the guests . `` Not that it 's worth while to have everything in such spick-and-span order , '' said Patty to herself , `` for the Barlows wo n't appreciate it , and what 's more they 'll turn everything inside out and upside down before they 've been in the house an hour . '' But , notwithstanding her conviction , she made her preparations as carefully as if for the most fastidious visitors and viewed the result with great satisfaction after it was finished . She went down in the carriage to meet the train , delighted at the thought of seeing again her Barlow cousins , of whom she was really very fond .