It sounded elastic.

But on Thursday Winona was able to announce that the day would be Saturday.

They would come for Merle Saturday afternoon.

She had been told this distinctly by Mrs.
Harvey D.Though her informant had set no hour, Winona thought it would be three o'clock.

She believed the importance of the affair demanded the setting of an exact hour, and there was something about three o'clock that commended itself to her.