a quarter to two
The money as is got so 's like to burn holes i ' your pocket . I 'd niver wish us to leave our lads a sixpence but what was got i ' the rightful way . And as for the weather , there 's One above makes it , and we must put up wi ` t : it 's nothing of a plague to what the wenches are . '' Notwithstanding the interruption in their walk , the excellent habit which Mrs. Poyser 's clock had of taking time by the forelock had secured their arrival at the village while it was still a quarter to two , though almost every one who meant to go to church was already within the churchyard gates . Those who stayed at home were chiefly mothers , like Timothy 's Bess , who stood at her own door nursing her baby and feeling as women feel in that position -- that nothing else can be expected of them . It was not entirely to see Thias Bede 's funeral that the people were standing about the churchyard so long before service began ; that was their common practice . The women , indeed , usually entered the church at once , and the farmers ' wives talked in an undertone to each other , over the tall pews , about their illnesses and the total failure of doctor 's stuff , recommending dandelion-tea , and other home-made specifics , as far preferable -- about the servants , and their growing exorbitance as to wages , whereas the quality of their services declined from year to year , and there was no girl nowadays to be trusted any further than you could see her -- about the bad price Mr. Dingall , the Treddleston grocer , was giving for butter , and the reasonable doubts that might be held as to his solvency , notwithstanding that Mrs. Dingall was a sensible woman , and they were all sorry for HER , for she had very good kin .