two
o'clock to five
Of course Lester was not in the least suspicious . His observation of things relating to the home were rather casual . He went about his work and his pleasures believing Jennie to be the soul of sincerity and good-natured service , and it never occurred to him that there was anything underhanded in her actions . Once he did come home sick in the afternoon and found her absent -- an absence which endured from two o'clock to five . He was a little irritated and grumbled on her return , but his annoyance was as nothing to her astonishment and fright when she found him there . She blanched at the thought of his suspecting something , and explained as best she could . She had gone to see her washerwoman .