seven in the evening
`` Ay , and that just proves he hadna burned the letter , for he hadna time . If he didna do it at the first impulse , he 'll no do it now . '' Every little while the boys were sent along the road to look in at Aaron 's end window and report . At seven in the evening Aaron had not left his box , and the blind man 's reputation for seeing farther than those with eyes was fallen low . `` It 's a good sign , '' he insisted , nevertheless . `` It shows his mind 's troubled , for he usually louses at six . '' By eight the news was that Aaron had left his mill and was sitting staring at his kitchen fire .