six o'clock
She passed all her intimate friends in review before her mind , but found something objectionable in each , and could decide upon none to whom she would consent to give him . Amid all these considerations she felt deeply but indistinctly that her own real but unexpressed wish was to retain him for herself , and her pure and amiable heart felt from this thought a sense of oppression which seemed to forbid a prospect of happiness . She was wretched : a dark cloud obscured her mental vision . It was now half-past six o'clock , and she heard Werther 's step on the stairs . She at once recognised his voice , as he inquired if she were at home . Her heart beat audibly -- we could almost say for the first time -- at his arrival . It was too late to deny herself ; and , as he entered , she exclaimed , with a sort of ill concealed confusion , `` You have not kept your word ! ''