nearly six o’clock
When Benita woke the lamp had gone out , and it was pitch dark . Fortunately , however , she remembered where she had put the matches and the lantern with a candle in it . She lit the candle and looked at her watch . It was nearly six o'clock . The dawn must be breaking outside , within an hour or two Jacob Meyer would find that they had gone . Suppose that his rage should overcome his fear and that he should creep upon them . They would know nothing of it until his face appeared in the faint ring of light .