six o'clock
With the work she loved taken away from her , how could she bear the gnawing hunger at her heart for the presence of him unto whom was every thought of her brain and every throbbing pulse of her soul ? The future seemed to stretch before her , a terrible , an unendurable blank . The first week of April was the time fixed for the meeting of the Board at which she was to be `` chased off her job '' ; and as the fatal day drew near , a sort of lethargy settled upon her , and she ceased to straggle , even in spirit , against the inevitable . `` Well , Tillie , '' the doctor said , with a long sigh , as he came into the store at six o'clock on the eventful evening , and leaned over the counter to talk to the girl , `` they 're all conwened by now , over there in the hotel parlor . Your pop and Nathaniel Puntz they 're lookin ' wonderful important . Tour pop , '' he vindictively added , `` is just chucklin ' at the idea of gettin ' you home under his thumb ag ` in ! '' Tillie did not speak .