three o'clock
Robin found running away amazingly simple . Poor Jimmie , at her urging , went out quite unsuspecting . She was so excited and there was so much to be done at the last moment , that she had no time to think what the parting with all she loved so dearly must mean to her . Promptly at three o'clock Cornelius Allendyce tapped on the door . His face was very red and moist and his hand , as he reached out for Robin 's bag , shook , but Robin did not notice all that ; she slipped quickly through the door and shut it behind her , as though fearful that at the last moment she might find it impossible to go . Out in the thin sunshine , whirring through the traffic of the crowded streets , neither spoke for breathlessness . Cornelius Allendyce stared at the buildings and swallowed at regular intervals to steady his nerves -- a trick he had always found most helpful in important legal trials .