One o'clock
She would tell her brother , even in the house of death , should he come there , that his conduct was mean and unmanly . Kate was no coward . She declared to herself that she would do this even though he should threaten her with all his fury , -- though he should glare upon her with all the horrors of his countenance . One o'clock , and two o'clock , still found her in the dark sombre parlour , every now and then pacing the floor of the room . The fire had gone out , and , though it was now the middle of April , she began to feel the cold . But she would not go to bed before she had written a line to Alice . To her brother a message by telegraph would of course be sent the next morning ; as also would she send a message to her aunt .