half past ten
With indifference , too , to her ! She knew , of course , that he loved her . A man with less of greatness would have sought a middle way ... . When , at half past ten , she fared forth into the sunlight , she was filled with anticipation , excitement , concern , feelings enhanced and not soothed by the pulsing vibrations of the church bells in the softening air . The swift motion of the electric car was grateful ... But at length the sight of familiar landmarks , old-fashioned dwellings crowded in between the stores and factories of lower Tower Street , brought back recollections of the days when she had come this way , other Sunday mornings , and in a more leisurely public vehicle , with her mother . Was it possible that she , Alison Parr , were going to church now ? Her excitement deepened , and she found it difficult to bring herself to the realization that her destination was a church -- the church of her childhood .