Four o'clock
`` I was wondering how I could ever walk over to the trolley . '' `` You would not have had to do that in any case , but my car is ready whenever you care to return . '' `` The ride will be a lovely ending to the day , '' Miss Sterling assured him , `` and , if it wo n't hinder you , suppose we do n't go any sooner on my account . '' Four o'clock found the picnickers leaving the wood , the injured one assisted on either side by Polly and Nelson Randolph . The way was not long , but time after time it took all the pluck of which Juanita Sterling was mistress not to stop in the path and cry out that she could not go a step farther . Her escorts were solicitous . `` Lean on me more , Miss Nita , '' Polly would urge .