nearly four
o'clock
Yes , I guess Flora must have gone after that thread . She 'll show you how to make that tidy , Lois , if you want to learn ; it 's real handsome . I guess she 'll be here before long . '' But when Mrs. Maxwell had shown her guests all the photographs in the album and a book of views in Palestine , and it was nearly four o'clock , Flora still had not come . `` Do you see anybody comin ' ? '' Mrs. Maxwell kept asking Lois at the window . Before Mrs. Maxwell spoke , a nervous vibration seemed to seize upon her whole body .