six o'clock
and when will he be home ? '' `` He said he had important business , '' returned Mrs. Leah , adding that `` maybe he 'd be home that night . '' Eugenia had heard all she wished to know , and forgetting entirely the _ book _ , bade Mrs. Leah good-morning , and walked away , feeling in a measure relieved , for the _ business _ which took him so suddenly to New York , had undoubtedly some connection with his failing to call at the hotel for her ! He had never called upon Sunday evening , but thinking that after so long an absence he might do so now , she sat in state from six o'clock till nine , starting nervously at every sound , and once , when sure she heard him , running from the room , so he would not find her there , and think she had been waiting for him . But he did not come , and the next day , feeling exceedingly anxious to know if he had returned , and remembering the book , which she had failed to get , and _ must _ have , she towards night sent _ Dora _ to Rose Hill , bidding her if she saw Mr. Hastings tell him that her piano had come and she wished him to hear it . In the long kitchen by a glowing stove , Dame Leah sat , busy with her knitting , which she quickly suspended when she saw Dora , who was with her a favorite . `` So Eugenia sent you for that book ? ''