six o'clock
Nurse has all her medicine bottles replenished , so that in case of need she knew what to do . Poor Poll , she really made an excellent cake for my supper the last evening I was at home . '' The carriage rolled down the avenue , and the Doctor alighted on his own doorsteps ; as he did so he looked round with a pleased and expectant smile on his face . It was six o'clock , and the evenings were drawing in quickly ; the children might be indoors , but it seemed scarcely probable . The little Maybrights were not addicted to indoor life , and as a rule their gay , shrill voices might have been heard echoing all over the old place long after sunset . Not so this evening ; the place was almost too still ; there was no rush of eager steps in the hall , and no clamor of gay little voices without . Dr. Maybright felt a slight chill ; he could not account for it .