a quarter to five o'clock
There were no longer any oscillations of her mind toward the old belief ; the foundations of sand had been swept away , and there was no space to make a reconstruction . Scarcely could she pray ; unbelief tardily admitted threatened to revenge itself for the long siege by sacking the whole city . She was almost ready to plunge into Philip 's general skepticism , which had seemed hitherto a horrible abyss . At a quarter to five o'clock she lighted the gas , turning it low so as not to disturb the others . She dressed herself quickly , then she wrote a little note in which she said : I am uneasy about Mrs. Martin 's child , and have gone down there . Back to breakfast . PHILLIDA .