about three o'clock
`` She said she should n't leave the farm again to-day , '' said Seth , `` because it 's her last Sabbath there , and she 's going t ' read out o ' the big Bible wi ' the children . '' Adam thought -- but did not say -- `` Then I 'll go this afternoon ; for if I go to church , my thoughts ` ull be with her all the while . They must sing th ' anthem without me to-day . '' Adam and Dinah IT was about three o'clock when Adam entered the farmyard and roused Alick and the dogs from their Sunday dozing . Alick said everybody was gone to church `` but th ' young missis '' -- so he called Dinah -- but this did not disappoint Adam , although the `` everybody '' was so liberal as to include Nancy the dairymaid , whose works of necessity were not unfrequently incompatible with church-going . There was perfect stillness about the house . The doors were all closed , and the very stones and tubs seemed quieter than usual .