I just knew they wouldn't.

They are the most aggravating people! Now, nobody knows whether they were on that train and didn't know enough to get off, or whether they missed it at the New York end.

What time is the next train ?" "I'm not sure," said Kenneth; "let's go in the station and find out." The next train was due at 4.30, but the expected guests did not arrive on that either.
"There's no use in getting annoyed," said Patty, laughing, "for it's really nothing more nor less than I expected.

The Barlows never catch the train they intend to take." "And Miss Allen?
Is she the same kind of an 'Old Reliable' ?" "No, Nan is different; and I believe that, left to herself, she'd be on time, though probably not ahead of time.

But I've never seen her except with the Barlows, and when she was down at the Hurly-Burly she was just about as uncertain as the rest of them." "Is the Hurly-Burly the Barlow homestead ?" "Well, it's their summer home, and it's really a lovely place.