six o'clock
The changes in her existence seemed so swift and so tremendous as to transcend belief . Was it conceivable that only twelve hours earlier she had been ecstatically happy ? In twelve hours -- in six hours -- she had aged twenty years , and she now saw the Rachel of the reception and of the bicycle lesson as a young girl , touchingly ingenuous , with no more notion of danger than a baby . At six o'clock she arose . Already she had formed the habit of arising before Louis , and had reconciled herself to the fact that Louis had to be forced out of bed . Happily , his feet once on the floor , he became immediately manageable . Already she was the conscience and time-keeper of the house .