seven o'clock
It 's no use talking with a man who has lost his heart : his reason goes with it . '' And Chester turned away . `` You do n't know anything about it , '' was all poor Rollins could think of as a suitable thing to shout after him ; and it made no more impression than it deserved . As has been said , Captain Chester had decided before seven o'clock that but one course lay open to him in the matter as now developed . Had Armitage been there he would have had an adviser , but there was no other man whose counsel he eared to seek . Old Captain Gray was as bitter against Jerrold as Chester himself , and with even better reason , for he knew well the cause of his little daughter 's listless manner and tearful eyes . She had been all radiance and joy at the idea of coming to Sibley and being near the great cities , but not one happy look had he seen in her sweet and wistful face since the day of her arrival .