five o'clock
But it did not bring Baumberger , nor Peaceful Hart , nor any word of either . Miss Georgie spent a good deal of time staring out of the window toward the store that day , and when she was not doing that she was moving restlessly about the little office , picking things up without knowing why she did so , and laying them down again when she discovered them in her hands and had no use for them . The ice cream came , and the cake , and the magazines ; and she left the whole pile just inside the door without undoing a wrapping . At five o'clock she rose abruptly from the rocker , in which she had just deposited herself with irritated emphasis , and wired her chief for leave of absence until seven . `` It 's important , Mr. Gray . Business which ca n't wait , '' she clicked urgently . `` I 'll be back before Eight is due .