nine o'clock
So she bathed and dressed , and presently she allowed the kind , fair-haired Susan to give her food , and pour out her own history of the death-week which she and Jacob had passed through . But in all that was said , Julie noticed that Susan spoke of her brother very little , and of his inheritance and present position not at all . And once or twice she noticed a wondering or meditative expression in the girl 's charming eyes as they rested on herself , and realized that the sense of mystery , of hushed expectancy , was not confined to her own mind . When Susan left her at nine o'clock , it was to give a number of necessary orders in the house . The inquest was to be held in the morning , and the whole day would be filled with arrangements for the double funeral . The house would be thronged with officials of all sorts . `` Poor Jacob ! ''