nearly five o'clock
I 've never broken a promise yet and I 'm mighty glad Sarah did n't make me , but I 'll be jiggered if I do n't think there are times when it is worse to keep a promise than to break it . '' A promise `` wrongly given '' -- Doctor Hugh 's words came back to Rosemary . Had she given her promise wrongly ? Doctor Hugh did not come home till nearly five o'clock and the four solemn young people on the front porch were getting decidedly fidgety before his roadster appeared at the curb and he jumped out and hurried up the walk . He said `` Hello '' to the four as he passed them and he was surprised , therefore , when he turned from his desk to see them enter the office and advance toward him . `` Hugh , '' said Jack clearly , `` I 've something to tell you . Sarah really ought to , but she asked me to do it . ''