nearly six o’clock
He knew it , for on two occasions after these rehearsals he had been at Lerwick Gardens , waiting for her , with Agnes and Mrs. Leyburn . Would she go this afternoon ? A subtle instinct told him that she would . It was nearly six o'clock that evening when Rose , stepping out from the High Street station , crossed the main road and passed into the darkness of one of the streets leading up the hill . She had forced herself to go and she would go alone . But as she toiled along she felt weary and bruised all over . She carried with her a heart of lead -- a sense of utter soreness -- a longing to hide herself from eyes and tongues .