about eight o'clock
But how could we be reconciled to her ideas and those of Mr. Goulden ? This was what embarrassed us , for if we were bound to love Aunt Grédel , we owed also the most profound respect to him , who looked upon us as his own children , and who loaded us every day with his benefits . These thoughts made us sad , and I had resolved to tell Mr. Goulden , that Catherine and I were Jacobins like himself , but without doing injustice to Jacobin ideas , or abandoning them , we ought to honor our mother , and go and inquire after her health . I did not know how he would receive this declaration , when one Sunday morning , as we went down about eight o'clock , we found him dressed , and in excellent humor . He said to us , `` Children , here it is more than a month since Aunt Grédel has been to see us . She is obstinate . I wish to show her that I can yield .