five o'clock
As prayer in his mind was indissolubly connected with church , he made up his mind to go to church the next Sunday and get matters straightened out . At the same time another group was meeting at the Benedict . Louis Akers had gone home early . By five o'clock he knew that the chances were against him , but he felt a real lethargy as to the outcome . He had fought , and fought hard , but it was only the surface mind of him that struggled . Only the surface mind of him hated , and had ambitions , dreamed revenge . Underneath that surface mind was a sore that ate like a cancer , and that sore was his desertion by Lily Cardew .