Five o'clock
Her husband sat apathetically at the boy 's bedside , watching his flushed face and listening to his delirious raving . The end seemed near . The boy asked for drink and Miriam gave him more of the tea . Five o'clock sounded from the tower of a near-by church and Hirsch arose to dress for the house of prayer . _ Shabbes _ must not be neglected , happen what may . Suddenly there was an unusual commotion in the narrow lane in which stood Bensef 's house . The door was hastily thrown open and in rushed Itzig , the messenger to Tchernigof , followed by a dozen excited , gesticulating friends .