the four o'clock
afternoon
`` Well , he came in , as I said , and asked about Mr. Basswood 's health . Then he told me that he was in a great hurry -- that a certain famous art critic had called on Mr. Wadsworth , and , having heard about the Enos miniatures , was very anxious to see them . He told me that the art critic had thought of coming over with him , but Mr. Wadsworth had said that it might disturb Mr. Basswood too much to have the miniatures examined in our house . The art critic did not want to become snowbound in Crumville , so he was only going to stay until the four o'clock afternoon train . The young man said Mr. Wadsworth wanted to know if we would allow him to take the miniatures over to the Wadsworth house , and that he would bring them back safely , either that evening or the next morning . '' `` Oh , Mother ! did n't you suspect it might be a trick ? ''