twenty minutes past six
She heard him calling her , she saw him going to her mother 's to look for her , she felt sure he would find her out , and burst in upon her . ` Pray , pray , do n't leave me , do n't go to church , ' she said to Mrs. Pettifer . ` You and mother both stay with me till Mr. Tryan comes . ' At twenty minutes past six the church bells were ringing for the evening service , and soon the congregation was streaming along Orchard Street in the mellow sunset . The street opened toward the west . The red half-sunken sun shed a solemn splendour on the everyday houses , and crimsoned the windows of Dempster 's projecting upper storey . Suddenly a loud murmur arose and spread along the stream of church-goers , and one group after another paused and looked backward .