about ten o'clock
Fear had made Miss Shepperson indignant ; it was wrong and cowardly for people such as the Rymers to behave in this way to a poor woman who had only just enough to live upon . She felt sure that they _ could _ pay if they liked ; but because she had shown herself soft and patient , they took advantage of her . She would be firm , very firm . So , about ten o'clock , Miss Shepperson put on her best things , and set out for Hammersmith . It was a foggy , drizzly , enervating day . When Miss Shepperson found herself drawing near to the house , her courage sank , her heart throbbed painfully , and for a moment she all but stopped and turned , thinking that it would be much better to put her ultimatum into writing . Yet there was the house in view , and to turn back would be deplorable weakness .