about four o'clock in the afternoon
So then Susan judged , by these few words , and the tear that trickled from his closed eyes , that he saw what others saw and did not look to live now . She left the room in haste not to agitate him by the sorrow she could no longer restrain or conceal . The patient lay quiet , languidly dozing . Now about four o'clock in the afternoon the surgeon came to the door ; but what surprised Susan was that a man accompanied him whom she only just knew by sight , and who had never been there before -- the turnkey Hodges . The pair spoke together in a low tone , and Susan , who was looking down from an upper window , could not hear what they said ; but the discussion lasted a minute or two before they rang the bell . Susan came down herself and admitted them : but as she was leading the way upstairs her aunt suddenly bounced out of the parlor looking unaccountably red , and said : `` I will go up with them , Susan . '' Susan said , `` If you like , aunt , '' but felt some little surprise at Mrs. Davies 's brisk manner .