one o'clock
He had his mother and sisters to love , and could be happy without a wife . Besides , she had read somewhere that though love was everything to a woman , men were different and could do quite well without it . She went into the dressing-room , turned up the night lamp , and looked at her watch . It was one o'clock . At two a stage passed northward along a road on the farther side of Fairview . She could easily make her few preparations in half an hour , walk to the nearest point on the route of the stage in time to stop it and get in , then while journeying on , decide what her next step should be . She packed a hand-bag with such things as she deemed most essential , arrayed herself in a plain , dark woollen dress , with hat , veil , and gloves to match , threw a shawl over her arm , and was just turning to go , when a thought struck her .