four o'clock
He threw back the covers . `` I 've a thousand things to do . '' But there was just one thing which he was going to do which stood out beyond all others . Neither life nor death nor flood nor fire should keep him from presenting himself at four o'clock at Jean McKenzie 's door , in response to the precious note which in a moment had changed the world for him . Jean found the day stretching out ahead of her in a series of exciting events . At the breakfast table her father told her that Hilda would stay on General Drake 's case , and that she had better have Emily Bridges up for a visit . `` I do n't like to have you alone at night , if I am called away . ''