eleven o'clock
Any way now my belly is full I have got a chance with him . '' The visiting justices met in the jail . The first to arrive was Mr. Woodcock . In fact he came at eleven o'clock , an hour before the others . Had Mr. Hawes expected him so soon , he would have taken Carter down , who was the pilloried one this morning ; but he was equal to the emergency . He met Mr. Woodcock with a depressed manner , as of a tender but wise father , who in punishing his offspring had punished himself , and said in a low , regretful voice , `` I am sorry to say I have been compelled to punish a prisoner very severely . '' `` What is his offense ? ''