five o'clock
Why ? Why had she ever left her hills , where Daddy Tom was near her , where there was love for her , where the people and even the snow and the wild winds were her friends ? She threw herself forward on her arms and gave way utterly , crying in great , heart-breaking , breathless sobs for her Daddy Tom , for her home , for her hills . At five o'clock Sister Rose , coming to see that the music rooms were aired for the evening use , found Ruth an inert , shapeless little bundle of broken nerves lying across the piano . She took the girl to her room and sent for the sister infirmarian . But Ruth was not sick . She begged them only to leave her alone .