eleven o'clock
Derriman then went away by the garden gate , mounted his pony , which had been tethered outside , and rode on till his form was lost in the shades . The miller rejoined his friends , and found that in the meantime John had arrived . John informed the company that after parting from his father and Anne he had rambled to the harbour , and discovered the Pewit by the quay . On inquiry he had learnt that she came in at eleven o'clock , and that Bob had gone ashore . ` We 'll go and meet him , ' said the miller . `` Tis still light out of doors . ' So , as the dew rose from the meads and formed fleeces in the hollows , Loveday and his friends and neighbours strolled out , and loitered by the stiles which hampered the footpath from Overcombe to the high road at intervals of a hundred yards .