four o'clock to six
And by the time the chestnut hair tinged with grey had been pinned a little crooked on Miss Carew 's head , and she had knocked timidly at Molly 's door , she was startled and offended by the impatient , overbearing tone of the voice that asked her to `` go back to bed and not to bother ; it was nothing that mattered . '' The night had got on further than Molly knew by that time , and she was relieved to hear it strike four o'clock . She was astonished at noticing that , while she had been walking up and down , up and down her room , she had never heard the clock strike two or three . The fact of having spoken to Miss Carew had brought her for the moment out of the inferno of the last few hours , and the time from four o'clock to six was less utterly miserable because worse had gone before it . At six she called the housemaid , and kept her fussing about the room , lighting the fire , and getting tea , so as not to be alone again . At eight o'clock she sent for coffee and eggs , and the coffee had to be made twice before she was satisfied with it . Then she suddenly said she felt much better , and , having dressed much more quickly than usual , she went out .