eight o'clock
She could have lied , of course , and told him that she wished to telephone her mother , but she had not yet been cornered sufficiently to resort to so distasteful a weapon ... . As she left the room she found herself wondering whether Stillman had by any chance left the Tom Forsythes . She looked at the clock . It was not quite eight o'clock . She felt reassured , yet she was tremendously frightened ... . Especially as she realized that the telephone was in the entrance hall within earshot of the dining-room ... . She was decidedly more frightened when she got back from her telephoning , and looked at Flint .