seven o'clock in the evening
She , good woman , had been rash enough to bring the child into the dining-room whilst Dagworthy was refreshing himself with a biscuit and a glass of wine upon his arrival ; in a minute or two she retreated in high wrath . ` Let him dom me , if he loikes , ' she went away exclaiming ; ` ah 'm ovver auld to care much abaht such fond tantrums ; but when he gets agaate o ' dommin his awn barn , it fair maaks my teeth dither ageean . The lad 's aht on his ` eead . ' That was seven o'clock in the evening . He dined an hour later , and when it was dark left the house . Between then and midnight he was constantly in and out , and Mrs. Jenkins , who was kept up by her fears that ` t ' master ' was seriously unwell , made at length another attempt to face him . She knocked at the door of the sitting-room , having heard him enter a minute or two before ; no answer was vouchsafed , so she made bold to open the door .