Eight
o'clock
`` I will wait dinner then , '' said Zillah ; and after changing her things she went out on the balcony to wait for Hilda 's return . Half an hour passed , and Hilda did not come . Zillah grew anxious , and looked incessantly at her watch . Eight o'clock came -- a quarter after eight . Zillah could stand it no longer . She sent for John . `` John , '' said she , `` I am getting uneasy about Miss Lorton .