Seven o'clock
Nobody could fail to answer Lettie Bronson 's smile with its reflection , when she chose to exert herself in that direction . `` Why , I just came to tell you both that on Friday we 're going to have an old-fashioned husking-bee for all the young folks of the neighborhood , at our place . You must come yourself -- er -- Sister , and tell Hiram to come , too . `` Seven o'clock , sharp , remember -- and I 'll be dreadfully disappointed if you do n't come , '' added Lettie , turning her horse 's head homeward , and saying it with so much cordiality that her hearer 's heart warmed . `` She is pretty , '' mused Sister , watching the bay horse and its rider flying along the road . `` I do n't blame Hiram for thinking she 's the very finest girl in these parts . `` She is , '' declared Sister , emphatically , and shook herself .