half past seven
She sat silently , busily thinking , while Charlie and Will talked about the meeting . Aunt Stanshy was making a `` trap . '' The day before that appointed for the temperance meeting , she went to her pastor . `` Mr. Walton , the meeting will begin at half past seven . If -- if -- say about quarter after seven -- you should let Charlie and the other boys go down to the church door and sing one or two of their pieces , it might draw folks in . '' `` Why , that 's a good idea , and I wish you would ask them . '' At a quarter after seven the next night the White Shields , each carrying a neat cross of blue on his badge , appeared at the church door and began to sing .