nine o'clock
The look upon her face was one of suffering , there was no telling whether of body or mind . Hitherto it had changed a little when Zillah spoke to her , but at length not even this sign was to be elicited . Cecily could not take her gaze from the blank visage ; she thought unceasingly of the bright , confident girl she had known years ago , and the sunny shore of Naples . The doctor looked in at nine o'clock . He stayed only a few minutes . At half-past ten there came a loud knocking at the house-door , and the servant admitted Mrs. Denyer , who was alone . In the little room above , the two watchers were weeping over the dead girl .