two o'clock
I watched Belle 's face and it was a perfect study , every nerve seemed quivering with intense anxiety . Once I think she reached out her hand unconsciously as if to snatch away the glass , and when at last he yielded I saw the light fade from her eyes , a deadly pallor overspread her cheek , and I thought at one time she was about to faint , but she did not , and only laid her head upon her side as if to allay a sudden spasm of agony . '' Paul Clifford sat at his ledger with a perplexed and anxious look . It was near two o'clock and his note was in bank . If he could not raise five hundred dollars by three o'clock , that note would be protested . Money was exceedingly hard to raise , and he was about despairing . Once he thought of applying to John Anderson , but he said to himself , `` No , I will not touch his money , for it is the price of blood , '' for he did not wish to owe gratitude where he did not feel respect .