about eleven
o'clock
the worm i ' the bud -- Henchard ; what he could tell ! He , in the meantime , festering with indignation at some erroneous intelligence of Farfrae 's opposition to the scheme for installing him in the little seed-shop , was greeted with the news of the municipal election -LRB- which , by reason of Farfrae 's comparative youth and his Scottish nativity -- a thing unprecedented in the case -- had an interest far beyond the ordinary -RRB- . The bell-ringing and the band-playing , loud as Tamerlane 's trumpet , goaded the downfallen Henchard indescribably : the ousting now seemed to him to be complete . The next morning he went to the corn-yard as usual , and about eleven o'clock Donald entered through the green door , with no trace of the worshipful about him . The yet more emphatic change of places between him and Henchard which this election had established renewed a slight embarrassment in the manner of the modest young man ; but Henchard showed the front of one who had overlooked all this ; and Farfrae met his amenities half-way at once . `` I was going to ask you , '' said Henchard , `` about a packet that I may possibly have left in my old safe in the dining-room . '' He added particulars .