four o'clock
Afterward she disappeared into the house . All the afternoon she worked feverishly , putting everything into irreproachable order . Then she packed her few belongings into the little brown trunk . It was four o'clock when she summoned the Portuguese boy from the field . `` I want you to take me and my trunk to the station , Tony , '' she said , struggling to make the order a casual one . `` Then you are to come back here and go on with your work as usual until Mr. Howe or some one else asks you to do otherwise . I will pay you a month in advance , and by that time you will be told what you are to do . ''