Five o’clock in early June
`` She 'll be gone a week , '' said Joshua ; and the manner and matter of his speech were both those of a prophet . Then he went out and the door slammed to behind him . Aunt Mary 's arrival in the city just coincided with the arrival of that day 's five o'clock . Five o'clock in early June is very bright daylight , therefore she was rather bewildered when the train pulled up in the darkness and electricity of the station 's confusion . The change from sunlight to smoke blinded her somewhat and the view from the car window did not restore her equanimity . When the porter , to whom she had been discreetly recommended by Joshua , came for her bags , she felt woefully distressed and not at all like her usual self . `` Oh , do I have to get out ? ''