four o'clock
But the afternoon passed and evening drew on without any word from him . In spite of her anxiety , she yet murmured over and over again as she paced the floor of her room , listening for the ringing of the door bell : `` He will send word , he will send word . I know he will . '' By four o'clock she had begun to dress . Never had she made a toilet more superb , more careful . She disdained a `` costume '' on this great evening . It was not to be `` Theodora '' now , nor `` Juliet , '' nor `` Carmen . ''