four o'clock
`` Be a darling ! '' said Mrs. Furlong , `` and come along home with me now ! Jack is going to bring Sherwin Perry home to dinner with him , and I truly , truly need a girl ! Run up and change your dress if you want to , while I 'm making my call , and meet me on the four o'clock train ! '' Susan hesitated , filled with unreasoning dread of a plunge back into the old atmosphere , but in the end she did go up to change her dress , -- rejoicing that the new blue linen was finished , and did join Isabel at the train , filled with an absurd regret at having to miss a week-end at home , and Anna . Isabel , very lovely in a remarkable gown and hat , chatted cheerfully all the way home , and led the guest to quite the smartest of the motor-cars that were waiting at the San Rafael station . Susan was amazed -- a little saddened -- to find that the beautiful gowns and beautiful women and lovely homes had lost their appeal ; to find herself analyzing even Isabel 's happy chatter with a dispassionate , quiet unbelief .