five
o'clock
Of course he knew , so he must have forgotten her . Yes , that was it , -- he had forgotten all about her ! Ally was not a specially timid child ; but as she stood in the big station-building , and realized that there was not a soul she knew there to look out for her , a feeling of dismay overtook her . If it were in the morning or at noonday , it would n't have seemed so dreadful ; but though the electric lights flashed everything into brilliance , it was a November day , and half-past five o'clock was after nightfall . What _ should _ she do ? There was no sign of Uncle John , and the passengers who had arrived with her were fast disappearing . Very soon the people in the station would begin to notice her , to ask questions , and then perhaps some police-officer would take her to the police-station , as a lost child .