Five o'clock
Leslie and Norma went into Leslie 's dressing-room , and Leslie 's maid went obsequiously to and fro , and the girls talked almost intimately as they washed their hands and brushed their hair . Neither cared that the time was passing . But the time was passing none the less . Five o'clock came with a pale and uncertain sunset , and a cold twilight began to settle over the snowy city . Leslie and Norma came back to the fire , and were standing there , a trifle uncertainly , but still talking hard and fast , when there was an interruption . They looked at each other , paling . What was that ?