one o'clock
She kissed Ella 's misty cheek at parting . It was n't fair , she thought remorsefully , for people like the Bullers to be at large on the same planet with people like Clara -- and herself -- and -- and like -- Her thoughts ran off into the fog . At least , thank heaven , it was the judge Clara was trailing and not Kerr . The bells and whistles of one o'clock were making clangor as she ran up the steps of her house again . In the hall Shima presented her with a card . She looked at it with a quickening pulse . `` Is he waiting ? ''