midday
For a day that was to contain so much , however , the fifth of June started quietly enough . We telephoned Hannah , and she reported that Tish had left the house at five-thirty , although obliged to go only one block to the engine house which was her destination . So far as I can learn , for Tish is very uncommunicative about the entire matter , the morning passed quietly enough . She had taken the precaution of having her folding card table and two pillows sent to the engine house , and when Aggie and I arrived at midday she was seated comfortably , with her hat hung on a lamp of the fire truck . When we arrived she was asking the sexton of the Methodist Church , whom she has known for thirty years , if he had lost a leg or an arm . Aggie had brought a basket with some luncheon for her , and she placed it on the truck . But there was an alarm of fire soon after , and the thing went out in a rush with the lunch and also with Tish 's hat .