half past seven
Get up , Captain Bellfield , or I 'll push you over and then ring the bell . A man never looks so much like a fool as when he 's kneeling down , -- unless he 's saying his prayers , as you ought to be doing now . Get up , I tell you . It 's just half past seven , and I told Jeannette to come to me then . '' There was that in the widow 's voice which made him get up , and he rose slowly to his feet . `` You 've pushed all the chairs about , you stupid man , '' she said . Then in one minute she had restored the scattered furniture to their proper places , and had rung the bell .