half past five
`` Well , we 'll not have Amazons with the cocktails , I can tell you that , '' said her mother with finality . Isabelle brooded over the matter until the end of the week . She tried to get out of the day with Margie Hunter , but Mrs. Bryce was glad to be rid of her and forced her to go . She ordered Miss Watts not to go after her until half past five , when tea would be safely over . Isabelle composed a note of explanation and left it on the bureau in the room which Christiansen was to occupy . DEAR FRIEND : Because of others , and Margie Hunter 's mother I can not meet you at the station . I have to spend the day with old Margie Hunter .