five o'clock
Ah , that they could not say . They would let me know if there was any change . I sent a telegram to Jim 's uncle in the West , the only relative Jim ever corresponded with , and told him to notify any others to whom the news would be of vital interest . Toward five o'clock , when dawn was just graying the windows , I threw myself on my bed . I suddenly realized I was extremely tired , yet my brain was buzzing like a dynamo . Pictures and scenes from the last few days flashed through my mind : the vindictive look in Helen 's eyes after the fight with Woods ; that table being wheeled out of Helen 's room at the hospital , with the moaning white bundle on it ; the upturned car pricked out of the darkness by the automobile lamps , and finally , Frank Woods ' face when he heard that Helen had been in the car . With the realization that I ought to get up and close the window , where the morning breeze was idly flapping the curtain , I fell asleep .