afternoon about four P.M.
Of course `` Miss Smith '' did n't sound like much , but Vernabelle Smith was different . That name Vernabelle made all the difference in the world . You sort of forgot the ensuing Smith . That same afternoon about four P.M. I dropped round to the Bigler house . Metta 's mother let me in . She 's a neat and precise old lady with careful hair , but she looked scared as she let me in and led me to the door of Metta 's studio , which is a big room at the back of the house . She did n't go in herself .