five o'clock
`` I -- I am soon , '' she said lamely , forcing down her feelings and her tears . `` Did you want me to do anything ? '' `` I just wondered if you would take this note to your parents for me . I have to go to the mill first , and be at the station by five o'clock , and I am afraid I shall hardly do it . '' `` Of course I will . I beg your pardon . I did not understand . ''