one o’clock before
`` I am simply dying to know ; it 's all so mysterious , '' added Lois . But `` wait and see '' was all the satisfaction they could get from Mr. Whittington and Uncle Roddy , and they had to wait until they reached Fort Lee , where a big double-seated sleigh was waiting for them . When they were all in and the warm robes were tucked snugly about them , Mr. Whittington whipped up the two black horses and they were off along the smooth snow-covered road . It was one o'clock before they finally reached an old-fashioned farmhouse way up in the hills back of the Hudson . `` Every one out ! '' ordered Uncle Roddy . `` What a ducky old house !