nearly seven o'clock
exclaimed Olive , as she walked about the room , her light brain now flown with jealousy and suspicion . ` I 'll write him a letter , ' she said suddenly , ` and you must get someone to take it over . ' ` But there 's nobody about . Why , it is nearly seven o'clock , ' said Barnes , who had begun to realize the disagreeableness and danger of the adventure she was being rapidly drawn into . ` If you ca n't , I shall go myself , ' cried Olive , as she seized some paper and a pencil belonging to Alice , and sat down to write a note : ` DEAR CAPTAIN HIBBERT , ` If you have broken your promise to me about not going to the Lawlers ' I shall never be able to forgive you ! ' -LRB- Then , as through her perturbed mind the thought gleamed that this was perhaps a little definite , she added -RRB- : ` Anyhow , I wish to see you . Come at once , and explain that what I have heard about you is not true .