five o'clock
Then these men and women , who had been privately unstinting in their blame of Missis and her selfish way , held their peace . She had been with God . About that communion they did not dare to comment . As it neared five o'clock , Jane 's maid came into the kitchen with another note of surprise . `` Missis hes dressed hersen in white from head to foot , '' she cried . `` She told me to put away her black things out of sight . I doa n't know what to think of such ways .