about half past three in the afternoon
His sister -- Josephine -- the office -- several clients telephoned for him . To all he sent the same refusal -- that he was too ill to see anyone . Not until the third day after the funeral did Dorothy telephone for him . He took an ice-cold bath , got himself together as well as he could , and reached the house in Jersey City about half past three in the afternoon . She came gliding into the room like a ghost , trailing a black negligee that made the whiteness of her skin startling . Her eyelids were heavy and dark , but unreddened . She gazed at him with calm , clear melancholy , and his heart throbbed and ached for her .