five o'clock
He worked in a reverie now , musing upon her story , and upon the contradictoriness of that feminine heart which had caused her to speak more warmly to him to-night than she ever had done whilst unmarried and free to speak as warmly as she chose . He was disturbed in his meditation by a grating noise from the coach-house . It was the vane on the roof turning round , and this change in the wind was the signal for a disastrous rain . It was now five o'clock , and the dawn was promising to break in hues of drab and ash . The air changed its temperature and stirred itself more vigorously . Cool breezes coursed in transparent eddies round Oak 's face . The wind shifted yet a point or two and blew stronger .