six o'clock
It was not right of him to abandon her while she slept . To wake thus and find no one ; it was hard ! All was so silent around her , so deserted and empty . It must be six o'clock and milking time . The confiding cattle would look at the stable door , where no mistress would come in with bread and salt for them -- she was sitting up here with her hands in her lap , and around her far and wide stirred no living thing . Oh ! the deathly stillness and inaction -- she knew not how she felt -- alone , so terribly alone !