one o'clock in the afternoon
That was not like any of his habits , as she knew them ; and Dolly stood with the shadow of a nameless fear falling across her spirit . Nameless , and formless ; she did not discern it clearly or attempt to examine it ; the mere shadow of it chilled her to the bone . She stood thinking , and trembling . Not at his office for several days , though business must be calling for him ; not out of his room at one o'clock in the afternoon , though all his old simple home habits were opposed to such a waste of daylight ! Should she try to arouse him ? Dolly did try , after a little while ; for she could not bear the still waiting ; she knocked at the inner door ; but she got no response . Then she went down to Mrs. Jersey at the cab , and told her the state of the case , begging her to go away and not wait any longer .