eight o'clock
A flitting had taken place from it in the night . Brother Jarrum had departed , conveying with him a train of followers . One of the first to hear of it was Jan Verner ; and , curious to say , he heard it from Mrs. Baynton , the lady at Chalk Cottage . Jan , who , let him be called abroad in the night as he would , was always up with the sun , stood one morning in his surgery , between seven and eight o'clock , when he was surprised by the entrance of Mrs. Baynton -- a little woman , with a meek , pinched face , and gray hair . Since Dr. West 's departure , Jan had attended the sickly daughter , therefore he knew Mrs. Baynton , but he had never seen her abroad in his life . Her bonnet looked ten years old . Her daughters were named -- at least , they were called -- Flore and Kitty ; Kitty being the sickly one .