seven o'clock
I 'm sure she 'll feel lighter in her heart when once she has fully made up her mind that you shall know all , even before you 've heard a word of her story ; and I 'm sure she sees it so now herself . So , if it wo n't be troubling you too much to ask you to step over to our house to - morrow night about seven o'clock , unless I send you back word , we 'll have the best parlour all to ourselves , and I believe the Lord will make it a blessed night for poor Jane and for us all . '' `` It shall be so then , Thomas , '' replied the vicar . `` I will , if spared , be at your house at seven o'clock , unless I hear anything meanwhile to the contrary from yourself . '' It was with a feeling of deep interest , and a fervent prayer for a blessing , that Ernest Maltby knocked the next evening at the door of Thomas Bradly 's quiet dwelling . Thomas welcomed him with a smile . `` It 'll be all right , I know , '' he said ; `` I 've told her you 're coming , and she has made no objection ; and now that the time 's come , the Lord has taken away the worst of the fear . ''