ten o'clock
But my heart is not free to marry , or to think of making a home for myself in this world . God has called me to speak His word , and He has greatly owned my work . '' They said farewell at the yard-gate , for Seth would n't enter the farmhouse , choosing rather to turn back along the fields through which he and Dinah had already passed . It was ten o'clock when he reached home , and he heard the sound of tools as he lifted the latch . `` Why , mother , '' said Seth , `` how is it as father 's working so late ? '' `` It 's none o ' thy feyther as is a-workin ' ; it 's thy brother as does iverything , for there 's niver nobody else i ' th ' way to do nothin ' . '' Lisbeth Bede was going on , for she was not at all afraid of Seth -- who had never in his life spoken a harsh word to his mother -- and usually poured into his ears all the querulousness which was repressed by the awe which mingled itself with her idolatrous love of Adam .