ten o'clock
It was dusk very early and she longed for Martha to bring the lamp . At last it came and tea and Aunt Elizabeth . Aunt Anne had not appeared all day . Then long dreary hours followed until supper , and after that hours again until ten o'clock . She had not been certain , all this time , whether the aunts meant to take her to the service with them . She had supposed that her introduction to the meeting at Miss Avies 's meant that they intended to include her in this too , but now , as the evening advanced , in a fit of nervous terror she prayed within herself that they would not take her . If the end of the world were coming she would like to meet it in her bed .