ten o'clock
His head swam with the horror of it , the terror of it . Yes , the People WOULD turn some day , and turning , rend those who now preyed upon them . It would be `` dog eat dog '' again , with positions reversed , and he saw for one instant of time that splendid house sacked to its foundations , the tables overturned , the pictures torn , the hangings blazing , and Liberty , the red-handed Man in the Street , grimed with powder smoke , foul with the gutter , rush yelling , torch in hand , through every door . ***** At ten o'clock Mrs. Hooven fell . Luckily she was leading Hilda by the hand at the time and the little girl was not hurt . In vain had Mrs. Hooven , hour after hour , walked the streets . After a while she no longer made any attempt to beg ; nobody was stirring , nor did she even try to hunt for food with the stray dogs and cats .