one o'clock before
Not that I think he is anywhere he ought not to be . I feel sure he is not , '' continued Mrs. Weston confidently ; `` but what it is that has detained him , I am altogether at a loss to guess . '' `` Well , I will not leave you till he comes home , '' said Mr. Brunton . It was one o'clock before George arrived ; it was too late to get an omnibus , and a cab , he thought , was altogether out of the question ; therefore he had to walk the whole distance -- or rather run , for he was as anxious now to get home as they were to see him . He was very much surprised , and , if it must be confessed , rather vexed on some accounts , to find Mr. Brunton waiting up for him with his mother . His explanation of what had happened , told in his merry , ingenuous way , at once dissipated any anxiety they had felt . `` I recollect Harry Ashton well , '' said Mrs. Weston .