four o'clock
She followed as best she could the events of the last months , and she saw that , as surely as though a malevolent power had arranged it , the thing was the result of her infatuation for Graham . She was in despair , and she began to plan how to get word to Graham of what was impending . She scrawled a note to Graham , telling him where she was and to try to get in touch with her somehow . If he would come around four o'clock Herman was generally up and off to the grocer 's , or to Gus 's saloon for his afternoon beer . `` I 'll break a window and talk to you , '' she wrote . `` I 'm locked in when he 's out . My window is on the north side .