one o'clock
When he came in to dinner he took his food from Carry 's hand and thanked her , -- as he would have thanked his elder daughter , -- but he did not call her by her name . Much had to be done in preparing for the morrow 's journey , and for the days through which they two might be detained at the assizes . The miller had borrowed a cart in which he was to drive himself and his daughter to the Bullhampton road station , and , when he went to bed , he expressed his determination of starting at nine , so as to catch a certain train into Salisbury . They had been told that it would be sufficient if they were in the city that day at one o'clock . On the next morning the miller was in his mill as usual in the morning . He said nothing about the work , but the women knew that it must in the main stand still . Everything could not be trusted to one man , and that man a hireling .