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after three
He realized that it was something of an imposition on her good nature , but she would be doing him a great favor if ... . She interrupted him with her quick assent and he finished : `` I 'll have the car at the station , and of course you 'll stay for dinner . '' Claire hung up the receiver and looked at her watch . It was just half after three . The next ferryboat connecting at Sausalito with the electric train for Yolanda left at three-forty-five . She had no time to lose ; it was a good ten minutes ' walk from the office to the ferry and little to be gained by taking a street-car . She managed her preparations for departure successfully , but in the end she had to ask Miss Munch to telephone her mother .