seven o'clock
Is yo ' r father to the fore ? ' ` No , ' said Sylvia , hanging down her head a little , wondering if he could have heard the way in which she and Kester had been talking , and thinking over her little foolish jokes with anger against herself . ` Father is gone to Winthrop about some pigs as he 's heerd on . He 'll not be back till seven o'clock or so . ' It was but half-past five , and Sylvia in the irritation of the moment believed that she wished Kinraid would go . But she would have been extremely disappointed if he had . Kinraid himself seemed to have no thought of the kind .