five o'clock
Pollyanna , hurrying home from school , crossed the road at an apparently safe distance in front of a swiftly approaching motor car . Just what happened , no one could seem to tell afterward . Neither was there any one found who could tell why it happened or who was to blame that it did happen . Pollyanna , however , at five o'clock , was borne , limp and unconscious , into the little room that was so dear to her . There , by a white-faced Aunt Polly and a weeping Nancy she was undressed tenderly and put to bed , while from the village , hastily summoned by telephone , Dr. Warren was hurrying as fast as another motor car could bring him . `` And ye did n't need ter more 'n look at her aunt 's face , '' Nancy was sobbing to Old Tom in the garden , after the doctor had arrived and was closeted in the hushed room ; `` ye did n't need ter more 'n look at her aunt 's face ter see that ` twa 'n' t no duty that was eatin ' her . Yer hands do n't shake , and yer eyes do n't look as if ye was tryin ' ter hold back the Angel o ' Death himself , when you 're jest doin ' yer DUTY , Mr. Tom they do n't , they do n't ! ''