about four
o'clock
I do n't care to get another to-day , and mother says you are to come round this afternoon to get her answer . '' The book was a pleasant story , and though it lacked the species of morbid excitement to which the girl had accustomed herself , it filled up the time agreeably , and gave her a glimpse of a higher , purer plane of life than any with which she was as yet familiar . Some precious truths concerning the love of the Lord Jesus Christ , and the happiness of serving him , were woven into it , and served as the indestructible seeds which were yet to ripen in the girl 's spiritual life . At about four o'clock she put on her hat , and full of mingled anxiety and hope , made her way to the corner house which seemed to her so much like heaven . Meanwhile , Mrs. Robertson had thought the matter over in every direction . She did not at first like the idea of increasing the home party , or of introducing into it any element that might prove discordant . She dreaded to have Katie or the boys come under any influence that might counteract the earnest , religious training she was endeavoring to give her children .