three o'clock
There were a few of his Bristol flock who would be thankful for the opportunity of meeting more safely than they could do in the city , since at Easter they had as nearly as possible been all arrested in a pavilion in Mr. Rivett 's garden which they had thought unsuspected . There would be one market day first , and on that Stead would come and explain his preparations , and hear what the Doctor had arranged . And so it was . The time was to be three o'clock , the very dawn of the long summer day , the time when sleep is deepest . Dr. Eales and Mrs. Lightfoot would come out the night before , he not returning after his lesson to the Rivetts , and she making some excuse about going to see friends for the Sunday . The Rivetts , living outside the gates where sentries still kept guard , could start in the morning , and so could the four others who were to form part of the congregation . Goody Grace was the only person near home whom Patience wished to invite , for she too had grieved over the great deprivation , and had too much heart for the Church to be satisfied with Mr. Woodley 's ministrations .