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Five o'clock A clock sang softly somewhere in the house in a quiet,Five o'clock," and purred away into silence

Zero hour

Mrs Morris chuckled in her throat Zero hour

A beetle car hummed into the driveway Mr Morris Mrs Morris sot out of the beetle, locked it, and called hello to Mink at her work Mink ignored hi the children Then he walked up the front steps

"Hello, darling"

"Hello, Henry"

She strained forward on the edge of the chair, listening The children were silent Too silent

He elad to be alive"

Buzz

"What's that?" asked Henry

"I don't know" She got up suddenly, her eyes widening She was going to say so She stopped it Ridiculous Her nerves juerous out there, have they?" she said

"Nothing but pipes and hammers Why?"

"Nothing electrical?"

"Heck, no," said Henry "I looked"

She walked to the kitchen The buzzing continued "Just the sao tell them to quit It's after five Tell them--" Her eyes widened and narrowed "Tell thehed, nervously