ten o'clock
`` Then she knows less of John Lambert than I do , '' said Hetty ; `` and still less how deep he is in love with her . Nancy dear , '' she asked , `` was he to have walked over this morning ? '' `` He was coming from Haxey way , '' wailed Nancy . `` He was to have been here at ten o'clock and it is past that now . Of course he has heard , and does not mean to come . '' Hetty choked down an exceeding bitter sob . `` Anne -- sister Anne , '' she answered in her old light manner , though she desired to be alone and to weep : `` go , look along the road and say if you see anyone coming ! ''