Seven o'clock
There was always the day 's work , and the work of the day after . His appetite for the work of the coming day was , it must be confessed , whetted somewhat by the thought of what he would say to Hilda . They had an early breakfast , with Jean between her father and Derry and eating nothing for very happiness . There was the start in the opal light of the early morning , with a faint rose sky making a background for the cross on the College , and the chimes saying `` Seven o'clock . '' Jim and Mary Connolly came out in the biting air to see them off . Then Mary went over to the church to pray for Jean and Derry . But first of all she prayed for her sons .