6 A.M.
`` Although I have lived here so long , how little you know me . '' `` Very true , my Sister ; therefore , as custodian of the interests of our little community , I must not put them in jeopardy . When do you expect to take your departure ? '' `` Wednesday , at 6 A.M. , on the express for New York . '' `` Have you received letters ? '' `` No , Sister . Doctor Grantlin is the only person who writes to me , and as his letters are always addressed to your care , I receive them from your hands . ''