about six
o'clock
He just ground it in his hand , and then he began to act . He set to work , packed up models , and dispatched them by train ; clothes ditto , and wrote a long letter to his mother . Next day he was busy writing and arranging papers till the afternoon . Then he called on Grace , as related , and returned to the works about six o'clock : he ordered a cup of tea at seven , which Jael brought him . She found him busy writing letters , and one of these was addressed to Grace Carden . That was all she saw of him that night ; for she went to bed early , and she was a sound sleeper . It was nine o'clock of this same evening .