about four o'clock in the afternoon
Sometimes her head ached so violently , that it was with difficulty she could see to attend correctly to her business . And sometimes she was compelled to steady herself by holding to the counter to prevent sinking to the floor , from a feeling of faintness , suddenly passing over her . Thus she held bravely on , under the feeble hope that her indisposition , as she tried mentally to term it , would wear off . It was about four o'clock in the afternoon that the fever which had been very high all through the day , began to subside . This symptom she noticed with an emotion of pleasure , as indicating a healthy reaction in her system . It was but half an hour after , that she sunk , fainting , to the floor , at her place beside the counter . When the fever abated , exhausted nature gave way .