eight o'clock
She shook her hair back from her wide , vague eyes . She was undecided where to go for the night -- it did not matter greatly ; to-morrow she would go again to Truedale , or he would come to her . At last she settled upon seeking the shelter of old Lois Ann , in Devil-may-come Hollow , and turned in that direction . It was eight o'clock then and Truedale , with his books and papers on the table before him , declared : `` I am quite all right now , '' and fell to work upon the manuscript that earlier had engrossed him . As the time sped by he was able to visualize the play ; _ he _ was sitting in the audience -- he beheld the changing scenes and the tense climax . He even began to speculate upon the particular star that would be fitted for the leading part . His one extravagance , in the past , had been cut-rate seats in the best theatres .