Four o'clock
`` I wish that you would tell Worthington and Sheppard that I should like to see them in the board room at four . '' Constance looked at her watch . There was time also to execute a little scheme of her own . Four o'clock came . Brainard lounged casually across to the board room . Instantly Constance had the receiver of the microphone at her ear , straining to catch every word , and to make notes of the stormy scene , if necessary . Her door opened .