six o'clock in the evening
The doctor was in a state of intense anxiety . He had sent off one man and horse for another surgeon , and a second to Swansea , to telegraph for Howel , who had not yet returned from London , where he had been nearly three months . He felt the great responsibility of his situation , and that if Netta did not rally , she must die . It was six o'clock in the evening ; the baby had been born in the morning , and Netta 's continual cry had been ` Howel ! Howel ! When will my husband come ? ' But she had not spoken for some hours , and seemed to be sinking out of the world .