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Then Florence Aylmer fell on her knees , and the tears which all this time had lain like a dead weight against her eyeballs , were loosened , and she sobbed as she had never sobbed before in all her life . Exhausted by her tears , she threw herself on her bed and , dressed as she was , sank into heavy slumber . It was very early in the morning when she awoke . It was not yet five o'clock . Florence struck a light and saw by the little clock on the mantelpiece that the hands pointed to a quarter to five . `` There is time , '' she thought , eagerly . She sat up on her elbow and reflected .