seven o'clock
He had so many invitations to dinner and supper , and even breakfast , that he was on a dead go from morning until night , and he never ate so much in his life as he ate in those four days . It did him good , and he did n't look tired a bit when he left . The day Father got here was a beautiful day . The train was due at six-thirty in the morning , but it never hurries and has only been on time three times since it has been running , and Uncle Henson said there was no use getting to the station until seven o'clock , but I told him if he was n't in front of the porch by six o'clock I 'd send for Mr. Briggs and go down in his automobile , and there was no need to say anything more . Mention automobile to Uncle Henson and his back begins to go up just like a cat 's . There are only a few automobiles in town , though a good many people have Fords , and several offered to lend me theirs , but not wanting to hurt Miss Susanna , who has been sending the same carriage to the station for over thirty years , I did n't accept their offers , but went down in the coach , as Uncle Henson calls it . Its top is still upholstered in a sun-shaped thing which was once yellow satin and now tattered and torn , and hardly anybody ever rides in it , but when a new boarder comes Miss Susanna always says , in that queenly way of hers , `` You will take the carriage to the station , Henson , '' and Uncle Henson 's old gray head bows as if at royal orders , and they do not know they are playing a part that belongs to the days that are no more .