four o'clock
Harvey met her at the door , and bade her run instantly to the doctor 's house , which was quite near . The doctor could only say , ` We warned her . ' _ Sicut umbra praeterit dies _ . The dial on the front of the old house was just shadowing four o'clock . Harvey Rolfe and his friend Morton sat on the lawn , Harvey reading aloud from a small volume which he had slipped into his pocket before walking over this afternoon . From another part of the garden sounded young voices , musical in their merriment . It was a little book called ` Barrack-Room Ballads ' .