four o'clock
I do n't think I care for sales very much , Pixie ; they are too expensive . We will go straight home after we have had tea . '' `` We will so , and make haste about it . I wanted specially to be back by four o'clock . '' To Bridgie 's surprise , however , ten minutes before the omnibus reached the corner at which they were wont to alight , Pixie beckoned to the conductor to stop , and announced her intention of walking the rest of the way . There was no time to discuss the point , and as she herself was too tired to walk a step farther than she was obliged , she sat still and watched the little figure affectionately until the omnibus rounded a corner and it was hidden from sight . She would have been astonished if she had seen the sudden energy with which Pixie immediately turned right about face and walked away in the opposite direction , taking a crumpled square of newspaper from her pocket , and reading over a certain advertisement with eager attention . ''