four o'clock
There was only one other matter of which she had asked , namely , the effect of the new decree ; but the nurse did not seem to know much about that . It appeared that there had been an outrage or two , but the law had not yet been enforced to any great extent ; a week , after all , was a short time , even though the decree had taken effect at once , and magistrates were beginning the prescribed census . * * * * * It seemed to her as she lay awake this morning , staring at the tinted ceiling , and out now and again at the quiet little room , that the heat was worse than ever . For a minute she thought she must have overslept ; but , as she touched her repeater , it told her that it was scarcely after four o'clock . Well , well ; she would not have to bear it much longer ; she thought that about eight it would be time to make an end . There was her letter to Oliver yet to be written ; and one or two final arrangements to be made . As regarded the morality of what she was doing-the relation , that is to say , which her act bore to the common life of man -- she had no shadow of doubt .