five o'clock
It was simply the thing she had to do . It possessed her now ; and under its dominion she was uplifted , carried along . Her mind moved toward it with a reckless rocking speed , the perilous certainty of the insane . At five o'clock she rang the bell and asked the servant to bring her some tea . She swallowed a little with a jerk of her throat , and put the cup down , shuddering . It brought her a sickening memory of yesterday . At five o'clock she got up and dressed herself and sent a message to Robert Lucy to see her downstairs in her sitting-room , alone .