evening about six o'clock
`` I fear that is so , '' said the other sadly . `` But speak to the people , '' she said , `` I think they love my husband , and would do nothing to grieve us ; tell them that nothing would pain either of us more than that any should suffer for this . Tell them they must do nothing , but be patient and pray . '' There was a group still on the green near the pond as Isabel came up to supper that evening about six o'clock . Her father , who had given Lady Maxwell 's message to the people an hour or two before , had asked her to go that way and send down a message to him immediately if there seemed to be any disturbance or threatening of it ; but the men were very quiet . Mr. Musgrave was there , she saw , sitting with his pipe , on the stocks , and Piers , the young Irish bailiff , was standing near ; they all were silent as the girl came up , and saluted her respectfully as usual ; and she saw no signs of any dangerous element . There were one or two older women with the men , and others were standing at their open doors on all sides as she went up .