about six o'clock
_ '' It was a cheap and melodramatic bit of acting , and any unprejudiced onlooker must have seen the agony in her face , but Joyselle was blinded by his own pain and fled from the room without another word . She heard a door slam and knew that he had gone out . And the world came to an end for her . It was about six o'clock , and Tommy had gone out with Théo . They would not be back until about eight . Félicité , too , was out . She was alone .