Six o'clock
They raced across the walls in platoons , thin and voracious as wolves . With a choking , angry , despairing moan she snatched her clothing from the chair and stood at bay . It needed but this touch to complete her disillusionment . From her makeshift bed in the middle of the floor Lee Virginia was awakened next morning by the passing of some one down the hall calling at each door , `` Six o'clock ! '' She had not slept at all till after one . She was lame , heart-weary , and dismayed , but she rose and dressed herself as neatly as before . She had decided to return to Sulphur .