a quarter to seven
Adam asked . `` Nay , I sha n't be home before going for ten . I 'll happen see Dinah Morris safe home , if she 's willing . There 's nobody comes with her from Poyser 's , thee know ` st. '' Adam set off home , and at a quarter to seven Seth was on the village green where the Methodists were preaching . The people drew nearer when Dinah Morris mounted the cart which served as a pulpit . There was a total absence of self-consciousness in her demeanour ; she walked to the cart as simply as if she were going to market . There was no keenness in the eyes ; they seemed rather to be shedding love than making observations .