six o'clock
The little girlish trinkets that she had accumulated from time to time she did not take . She saw them , but thought of her younger sisters , and let them stay . Martha and Veronica would have assisted her , but their father forbade them to go . At six o'clock Bass came in , and seeing the nervous assembly in the kitchen , inquired what the trouble was . Gerhardt looked at him grimly , but did not answer . `` What 's the trouble ? '' insisted Bass .