about four o'clock
But the other day I got mother to the point where there was no possible excuse for her not explaining the entire reason for her attitude and Dick 's toward the place , when suddenly she broke down and left me . We might amuse ourselves while we are invalids discovering whether or not it is haunted . Only I do n't exactly wish to make the discovery alone . '' Mollie O'Neill walked slowly toward the Ashton house one afternoon not long afterwards at about four o'clock , looking unusually serious and uncomfortable . She was wearing a long coat buttoned up to her chin and coming down to the bottom of her dress , and was carrying a big book . `` Mollie , there is n't anything the matter ? Neither Betty nor Polly is worse again ? ''