six o'clock
He had been promoted ; very rarely , now-a-days , was he called on to carry home purchases , or to do errands . He had his counter and his favourite customers . There had been another change , too , which Edward felt sure Ray had had a hand in ; Ray had a hand in everything that was good and thoughtful . He had long evenings for study now ; he came up to dinner with Mr. Minturn at six o'clock , and had no further work to do until the next day . Oh , those long evenings ! What rapid progress he made ! what a teacher Ray was !