four o'clock
said he to himself . `` What time 's the election , Ez ? '' asked Mrs. Bronson at breakfast . `` I 'm goin ' at four o'clock , '' said Ezra . `` And I do n't want to hear any more from any one '' -- looking at Newton -- `` about the election . It 's none of the business of the women an ' boys . '' Newton took this reproof in an unexpectedly submissive spirit .