about four o'clock
The monkeys had not ceased to worry me dreadfully , and I had begun to think that when bees buzz around their hives they must certainly say something interesting to each other . Then a note was brought to me from Mary . I tore it open and read : '' ` I want you to come to see me this afternoon . If you possibly can , come about four o'clock , and bring that speaking-tube with you . Miss Castle has been here nearly all the morning , and some things she has said to me have worried me very much . Please come , and do not forget the ear-trumpet . ' `` This she signed merely with her initials .