five o'clock
I accepted you upon impulse , I am ashamed to say , for the sake of your money . But the shame would be even greater if I did not tell you so . I do not know what view you will take , but my own is that , in releasing me , you will not lose anything that is worth having . '' The answer to this appeal came the next day by hand : `` May I see you alone at your flat at five o'clock ? '' She had not expected it , and she felt for an instant as if a master hand had touched her , sending the blood tingling through her veins like fire . She sent a reply in the affirmative ; and then set herself to face the longest day she had ever lived through . She sat alone during the afternoon , striving desperately to nerve herself for the ordeal .