six o'clock
Kit tried to speak but her voice was only a wheezing rasp and ended in a groan . When Mrs. Stacey arrived , having been called by Shirley , she was anxious to get Kit to the hospital , but the doctor refused to have her moved . `` Everything depends on keeping her quiet and warm during the next few hours . '' At six o'clock when Colonel Baxter arrived , he rushed into the house like a man whose reason had left him . He had heard of the accident and had been told that Bet was dying , if not already dead . `` Bet ! Oh Bet ! ''