six o'clock
`` To town , to board at the store . '' He dragged her , almost by main force , back into the house , and all that evening kept a watch upon her until he knew that she was in bed . Next morning , Tillie carried her bundle of clothing to school with her , and at the noon recess she went to the family who kept the village store and engaged board with them , saying she could not stand the daily walks to and from school . When , at six o'clock that evening , she had not returned home , her father drove in to the village store to get her . But she locked herself in her bedroom and would not come out . In the next few weeks he tried every means of force at his command , but in vain ; and at last he humbled himself to propose a compromise . `` I 'll leave you have some of your money every month , Tillie , -- as much as ten dollars , -- if you 'll give me the rest , still . ''