four o'clock in the afternoon
Silly fool ; why could n't he sit still and be quiet ! She belonged to herself , not to him . Almost , she thrust him away from her . They reached Penterby by four o'clock in the afternoon , and were turned out upon the platform with their two light bags , like the stranded wanderers they were . And then they walked out into the roughly paved road leading through the town to higher land behind , and onward , along a road to which they turned their backs , and which wavered , past the railroad station , up an incline in the direction of the distant sea . Gaga carried both bags , and led the way , and Sally saw for the first time a wide street , and shops and houses quaintly built , and a church spire with houses below it , arranged in terraces , all warm in the dying sun . It was still summer here , she thought , and the atmosphere was pleasant .