seven o'clock
`` I sent word by Hope 's boys , '' Crothers reassured her , `` they 've just gone . I knew I could depend upon you . '' Cynthia struggled to control herself , and finally gave her smile and shrugged her shoulders . The mistress of the boarding-house brought to the factory a piping hot supper for two at seven o'clock . She seemed to know all about Cynthia 's proposed stay , and showed no sign of misunderstanding it . `` You better fotch the chile in ` bout nine , '' she suggested to Crothers as she went out ; `` she do look clean beat now . Quality do n't last out at work like trash do ; they certainly do tucker out sooner . ''