seven o'clock
She had longed for change , -- it had come at last with a vengeance ; it was horrible , -- it made her shudder . Effie was a thoroughly healthy girl , healthy both in mind and body , but now a sick pain was over her . She did not care to think of the real terror which haunted her . She arrived at The Grange between six and seven o'clock . The woman at the lodge ran out and opened the gate for the doctor 's gig in some surprise . She thought something was wrong again up at the house , but her surprise strengthened to astonishment when she saw that Effie was driving the horse . `` Why , Miss Effie , what is the matter ? ''