about six o'clock
They walked very quickly home , and , once in the parlour , they began to have it out . And , before they had done , the reading of cricket news on Sunday was as nothing compared to the desecrating iniquity which they committed . The scene was not such as can be decently recounted . But about six o'clock Maggie entered , and , at considerable personal risk , brought them back to a sense of what was due to their name , the town , and the day . She then stated that she would not remain in such a house , and she departed . ` But whatever made you do it , dearest ? ' These words were addressed to Annie Emery on the glorious summer evening which closed that glorious summer day , and they were addressed to her by no other person than Powell Liversage .