about four o'clock
Jude got into the vehicle , and it drove away , much to the relief of the landlord , who now had only Sue and her luggage remaining on his hands , which he hoped to be also clear of later on in the day , and so to have freed his house from the exasperating notoriety it had acquired during the week through his wife 's unlucky admission of these strangers . In the afternoon he privately consulted with the owner of the house , and they agreed that if any objection to it arose from the tragedy which had occurred there they would try to get its number changed . When Jude had seen the two little boxes -- one containing little Jude , and the other the two smallest -- deposited in the earth he hastened back to Sue , who was still in her room , and he therefore did not disturb her just then . Feeling anxious , however , he went again about four o'clock . The woman thought she was still lying down , but returned to him to say that she was not in her bedroom after all . Her hat and jacket , too , were missing : she had gone out . Jude hurried off to the public house where he was sleeping .