six in the morning
She was the only person in the room and she had time to examine it thoroughly , even as to thickness , before Mrs. Hills came in . It happened that there were mail deliveries just before the three meal times and it was the boarding-house keeper 's guileless custom to sort and distribute letters at the table , thus saving a wearisome climb and much pedestrianism through long halls . `` Well , I 've got a line from Jane and I 'm free to say I 'm relieved . I was afraid she was sick or something , rushing off like that , rousing me out of a sound sleep at six in the morning , just saying she was going out of town . _ I _ supposed , of course , she was going home to her Aunt Lydia Vail . '' `` Did n't she ? '' `` No , she did n't . ''