five o'clock
Down the stone steps she went , holding out the papers . Then and for the first time she thought of something : `` But the money -- I have n't any to give you . '' Meg 's answer was : `` I am loaning you twenty-five dollars from my savings , but do n't hope too much . It will be very hard for me to make Scarsburg by five o'clock , but for Julie 's sake I 'll do my best . '' `` For Julie 's sake ! '' The words drifted back to Jane as she stood watching the pony hurtling itself down the mountain road until the cloud of dust hid it from view . She , Jane , had never done anything for Julie 's sake , and why , pray , should this mountain girl loan her own money to strangers who might never repay her , and risk her life and that of her pony , as it was evident she was doing ?