four o'clock
It was all a part and parcel of the general ill-luck of the day . She fetched her drawing-board , and went to the art class . Here at least she would have peace for an hour , though every one of the sixty minutes was bringing her nearer to her dreaded interview . At four o'clock , with a horrible sinking feeling in her heart , and a trembling sensation in her knees , she knocked at the door of the head-mistress 's study , and entered in response to the `` Come in ! '' which followed . Miss Bishop looked up from some papers , motioned her to a chair , and went on writing for several minutes . To Winona it seemed worse than waiting at the dentist 's .