about ten o'clock in the morning
I really must take a liking to red hair . Well ! not just yet . '' It was about ten o'clock in the morning when he said this , and he was setting out to walk across the fields , and call for the first time on Mrs. Frederic Walker . He was taking his three younger children with him to make an apology to her . Now that Mrs. Walker was a widow , she and Mr. Mortimer had half unconsciously changed their manner slightly towards each other ; they were just as friendly as before , but not so familiar ; the children , however , were very intimate with her . `` She did n't want that bit of garden , '' argued little Hugh , as one who felt aggrieved ; `` and when she saw that we had taken it she only laughed . ''