about
six o'clock
Cousin Tom took the yellow paper and perused it carefully , then said : `` One thing is clear , at any rate , Patty , they expect you to be at the Grand Central Station in New York to-day at five o'clock , and you shall be there , for I 'll take you myself . '' So they all helped with the packing , and succeeded in getting one trunk ready for Patty to take with her , promising to send her other belongings after her a few days later . With hurried good-byes and a promise of another visit to Boston at some future time , Patty went away with Cousin Tom , and they took the train for New York . Patty and Cousin Tom reached the Grand Central station in New York about six o'clock , and leaving the train , went in search of any member of the Barlow family who might be there to meet them . They had n't walked a dozen steps before they were confronted by three broadly smiling faces . These faces belonged to a tall , large man with his arms full of bundles , and a boy and girl who seemed both to be about Patty 's own age . `` You 're Patty , I know it , -- I know it ! ''