five o'clock
To the ordinary pathos of this affecting example of conjugal love some additional power was lent by the extreme beauty , the excessive prostration and grief , and , above all , the illustrious rank of this devoted woman . Hilda was put to bed , but there was no sleep for her . The fever of her anxiety , the shock of her disappointment , the tumult of her hopes and fears , all made themselves felt in her overworked brain . She did not take the five o'clock train on the following day . The maid came to call her , but found her in a high fever , eager to start , but quite unable to move . Before noon she was delirious . In that delirium her thoughts wandered over those scenes which for the past few months had been uppermost in her mind .