seven o'clock
`` He is a good man , father , '' she said to Anthony , `` and will make a good Catholic . '' Then she explained about the accommodation . Isabel and the maid would have to sleep together in the spare room , and Anthony would have the little dressing-room opening out of it ; and the men , she feared , would have to shake down as well as they could in the loft over the stable in the barn . At seven o'clock Mr. Kirke arrived ; and when the situation had been explained to him , he acquiesced in the plan . He seemed confident that there was but little danger ; and he and Anthony were soon deep in theological talk . Anthony found him excellently instructed already ; he had , in fact , even prepared for his confession ; his wife had taught him well ; and it was the prospect of this one good opportunity of being reconciled to the Church that had precipitated matters and decided him to take the step . He was a delightful companion , too , intelligent , courageous , humorous and modest , and Anthony thought his own labour and danger well repaid when , a little after midnight , he heard his confession and received him into the Church .