about four o'clock
She had come home the night before feeling so strong and sure of her course . But beginning at the moment when she came into the empty apartment , subtly and by slow degrees again her home had cast its spell , as though the rooms were haunted . `` I 've got to lay the ghost , '' she thought . She had telephoned to Joe to come , and he had replied abruptly , `` All right , I 'll be there about four o'clock . '' It was just that now . Ethel poked the logs in the fireplace until there was a cheerful blaze . As she straightened up she caught sight of her face in the mirror over the mantel .