six o'clock
` My fate shall be in your hands . ' They talked still , while the shadows of the ruins moved ever towards them . All the afternoon no footsteps had come near ; it was the sight of two strangers which at length bade Emily think of the time . It was after six o'clock . ` Wilfrid , I must go . My absence will seem so strange what fables I shall have to invent on the way home . Do you know of any train that you can leave by ? '