seven o'clock
And then he would feel that a great sense of the spirit of human life was passing into his blood . Leaping flashes of light came to him at times , as he sat in his garret with the fused murmur of the world surging in his ears , illumining for him abysses that had appeared to him once dark and bottomless . It was early in March before Archibald Druce was well enough to come to town . Morgan 's working day ended at seven o'clock , and at that hour Archibald called at the printing establishment , and the two went off together . Morgan was excited , and he could see his father was . Neither had any `` news , '' since , in their exchange of letters , everything had already been told . Still , they talked a little about the home , and then there were further details of Archibald 's illness .