About six o'clock
Certain it was she desired his arrival . Her heart leapt with joy in the thought that this very evening might bring him . She wished to study him under new conditions , and -- possibly -- to talk with him even more frankly than ever yet , for there would be opportunity enough . About six o'clock a train coming from the south stopped at the station , which was visible from Rhoda 's sitting-room window . She had been waiting for this moment . She could not go to the station , and did not venture even to wait anywhere in sight of the exit . Whether any passenger had alighted must remain uncertain .