Five o’clock
But he proposes returning to London first ; and he writes word that he will call to-night , in the hope of seeing me , on his way from the station to the hotel . Even if there was any risk in it , I should see him , as things are now . But there is no risk if he comes here from the station instead of coming from the hotel . '' `` Five o'clock . -- I was not mistaken in believing that my nerves were all unstrung . Trifles that would not have cost me a second thought at other times weigh heavily on my mind now . `` Two hours since , in despair of knowing how to get through the day , I bethought myself of the milliner who is making my summer dress .