four in the afternoon
That was the beginning of an anxious week . For two days Carol was in delirium most of the time , calling out , crying , screaming affrightedly . And Lark crouched at the foot of the stairs , hands clenched passionately , her slender form tense and motionless . It was four in the afternoon , as the doctor was coming down from the sick room , that Fairy called him into the dining-room with a suggestive glance . `` She wo n't eat , '' she said . `` I have done everything possible , and I had the nurse try . But she will not eat a bite .