six o'clock
`` However , '' said Mrs. Dalton , `` I gie you fair warning , Tummas Ditton , that an I catch thee at this work again , his Reverence shall make a clear house of you . '' Thomas retired , abashed and in dismay . The rest of the evening passed away without anything worthy of notice . Jeanie enjoyed the comforts of a good bed and a sound sleep with grateful satisfaction , after the perils and hardships of the preceding day ; and such was her fatigue , that she slept soundly until six o'clock , when she was awakened by Mrs. Dalton , who acquainted her that her guide and horse were ready , and in attendance . She hastily rose , and , after her morning devotions , was soon ready to resume her travels . The motherly care of the housekeeper had provided an early breakfast , and , after she had partaken of this refreshment , she found herself safe seated on a pillion behind a stout Lincolnshire peasant , who was , besides , armed with pistols , to protect her against any violence which might be offered . They trudged along in silence for a mile or two along a country road , which conducted them , by hedge and gate-way , into the principal highway , a little beyond Grantham .