about
four o'clock
`` I know she went there , for she walked as far as the gate with me . Perhaps some of the boys are there and will bring her home , '' said Bess . `` We will wait a quarter of an hour , and if she does not come I 'll send over to the Armstrongs ' , '' said Mrs. Howard . The minutes slipped away , but no Louise ; and Joanna , who was sent in search of her , returned with the news that she had left there about four o'clock . `` Oh , dear ! She must be lost ! '' Bess exclaimed .