seven o'clock
You can leave whenever you want to . But let 's have supper right away . '' And she walked resolutely through the kitchen into a darkened house , burning her bridges behind her . It was seven o'clock on Main Street . A very faint glow still lingered in the western sky and above it cool points of stars pricked a gray-blue curtain . Over to the left the moon was peeping above a gambrel roof and the near side was steely blue up to the shadow of the purple chimney . Joe walked along shuffling with his feet in the little hollows of dry leaves .