three in the afternoon
Besides , there was in her situation an underlying possibility of adventure . This she did n't phrase , since she did n't understand it . She only had the intuition in her heart that where `` the world is all before you , where to choose your place of rest , and Providence your guide , '' Providence _ becomes _ your guide . Verbally she put it merely in the words , `` Things happen , '' though as to what could happen between half-past three in the afternoon and midnight , when she would possibly be in jail , she could not begin to imagine . So absorbed was she in this momentous uncertainty that she scarcely noticed that some one had seated himself at the other end of the bench . It was a public place ; it was likely that some one would . She felt neither curiosity nor resentment .