one o'clock
That night , for the first time in her life , had she broken the reserve which was her very nature , and spoken of that which was the intimate and hidden history of her soul . `` And so , '' said Mrs. Captain Badger to Miss Roxy Toothacre , `` it seems that Moses Pennel ai n't going to have Sally Kittridge after all , -- he 's engaged to Mara Lincoln . '' `` More shame for him , '' said Miss Roxy , with a frown that made her mohair curls look really tremendous . Miss Roxy and Mrs. Badger were the advance party at a quilting , to be holden at the house of Mr. Sewell , and had come at one o'clock to do the marking upon the quilt , which was to be filled up by the busy fingers of all the women in the parish . Said quilt was to have a bordering of a pattern commonly denominated in those parts clam-shell , and this Miss Roxy was diligently marking with indigo . `` What makes you say so , now ? '' said Mrs. Badger , a fat , comfortable , motherly matron , who always patronized the last matrimonial venture that put forth among the young people .