six o'clock
But the applause burst forth after all in a moment , for the speaker had whispered a few words to the moderator and was hurrying from the platform . There were cries of , `` Do n't go ! Tell us more ! Keep on till six o'clock ! '' Hazel could not see a thing though she stretched her neck and stood upon the tips of her toes , but she clasped her hands tightly together when the applause came , and her heart echoed every sound . The clamour ceased a moment as the moderator raised his hand , and explained that the brother to whom they had all been listening with such pleasure would be glad to speak to them longer , but that he was hastening away to take the train to see his invalid mother who had been waiting for two long years for her boy . A pause , a great sigh of sympathy and disappointment , and then the applause burst forth again , and continued till the young missionary had left the church .