Five o'clock
Many were the excuses she made to the waiting young brother as the day lengthened hour by hour . Again and again he demanded that Fledra be brought to him . At length the parrying of his questions by Miss Shellington aroused his suspicions , so that he grew nervous and fretful . Five o'clock came , and yet no tidings of the girl . Ann 's anxiety had now become distraction ; for her brother 's absence threw upon her shoulders the responsibility of the girl 's disappearance , and the care of Floyd should he suffer a relapse . Her perturbation became so unbearable that she put her pride from her , and sought the aid of Everett Brimbecomb . She called him on the telephone , and , when his voice answered her clearly over the wire , she felt again all her old desire to be with him ; her agitation and uncertainty increased her longing .