five o'clock
Having gone thus far , Elsie next mentally weighed Marian 's bolder accusation against Judith concerning the missing jewelry . Face to face with her cousin 's utter lack of principle , for the first time it occurred to her to wonder whether Marian might not know better than anyone else the whereabouts of the missing pin and ring . She decided to do a little private investigating of her own . When , at five o'clock on the fateful Monday afternoon , the maid brought her word that Mrs. Weatherbee wished to see her , she went downstairs to the matron 's office , fully equipped for emergency . The recital which she indignantly poured into the latter 's shocked ears was the climax to an eventful day for Mrs. Weatherbee . It may be said to Elsie 's credit that she did not spare herself or even attempt to palliate her own offenses . She made a frank confession of her faults and expressed an honest and sincere contrition for them which showed plainly that her feet were at last planted upon the solid ground of right .