seven o'clock
If we are to influence a fellow-creature , we do so best without aiming at it too carefully . Success comes with time , by intercourse and example . We are now on the threshold of autumn and the days are already short . By seven o'clock , all the farms are sleeping ... . When I left Rose yesterday , it was understood that she should sometimes come to see me in the evening , when her day 's work has not been too hard . She is to come across the downs and tap at the shutters of the room where I sit every evening after dinner . To-day , I was hoping that she would not come and I gave a start of annoyance when I heard her whisper outside the window : `` Mummy !