five o'clock
She spent her time in running from room to room , exclaiming hysterically : `` Land sakes ! Ai n't it dreadful ? '' The tension grew as time wore on without developments of any kind , the waiting with the haunting fear of the worst grew harder to bear than absolute calamity . Toward five o'clock the Squire announced his intention of going out and continuing the search , and this time no one objected . In fact , Mrs. Bartlett , Kate and the professor insisted on accompanying him and Marthy decided to go , too , not only that she might be able to say she was on hand in case of interesting developments , but because she was afraid to be left in the house alone . * * * * * * Toward morning , David , spent and haggard , wandered into a little maple-sugar shed that belonged to one of the neighbors . Smoke was coming out of the chimney , and David entered , hoping that Anna might have found here a refuge .