six o'clock
He was grand . In the evening Sandy tendered his resignation of office , which was at once accepted . Wobs were behindhand for a week owing to the length of the prayers offered up for Bell ; and Lang Tammas ruled in Sandy 's stead . With the severe Auld Lichts the Sabbath began at six o'clock on Saturday evening . By that time the gleaming shuttle was at rest , Davie Haggart had strolled into the village from his pile of stones on the Whunny road ; Hendry Robb , the `` dummy , '' had sold his last barrowful of `` rozetty -LRB- resiny -RRB- roots '' for firewood ; and the people , having tranquilly supped and soused their faces in their water-pails , slowly donned their Sunday clothes . This ceremony was common to all ; but here divergence set in . The grey Auld Licht , to whom love was not even a name , sat in his high-backed arm-chair by the hearth , Bible or `` Pilgrim 's Progress '' in hand , occasionally lapsing into slumber .