eleven o'clock in the morning
he asked her several times , but she was impatient of his questions , but at last sprang into his arms , flattened herself upon his breast and kissed him gently , so that when he departed his heart was lighter because he knew that she still loved him . That night he slept indoors , but in the morning early he was awoken by the sound of trotting horses , and running to the window saw a farmer riding by very sprucely dressed . Could they be hunting so soon , he wondered , but presently reassured himself that it could not be a hunt already . He heard no other sound till eleven o'clock in the morning when suddenly there was the clamour of hounds giving tongue and not so far off neither . At this Mr. Tebrick ran out of his house distracted and set open the gates of his garden , but with iron bars and wire at the top so the huntsmen could not follow . There was silence again ; it seems the fox must have turned away , for there was no other sound of the hunt . Mr. Tebrick was now like one helpless with fear , he dared not go out , yet could not stay still at home .