four o'clock
If I do not go to Oregon , I may run over to Germany . '' `` We shall be terribly homesick , '' replied Esther . Silence now followed till Strong finished his letters and looked again at his watch . It was four o'clock . `` If he is coming , '' thought Strong , `` it is time he were here ; but I would draw him a check for his church if he would stay away . '' The jingling of sleigh-bells made itself heard on the road below as though to rebuke him , and presently a cry of fright from Esther at the window told that she knew what was before her . `` What shall I do ? ''