six o'clock
Besides her nurse 's bag , her satchel was the only baggage she had at that moment , and she knew that there was but little money in her purse . All at once she realised that while debating the question she had been sitting on one of the benches under the trees in the square . The sun was setting ; evening was coming on . Maybe if she waited until six o'clock she could enter the house while the other nurses were at supper , gain her room unobserved , then lock herself in and deny herself to all callers . But Lloyd made a weary , resigned movement of her shoulders . Sooner or later she must meet them all eye to eye . It would be only putting off the humiliation .