twenty minutes to
two
Very little was spoken during dinner-time by anybody , and scarcely a word by my hostess . After dinner she cleared the things away , and did not again appear . My host drew near the basket stove , and having remarked that it was beginning to rain , fell into a slumber . At twenty minutes to two we sallied out for the afternoon service , and found the seventeen again in their places , excepting the two labourers , who were probably prevented by the wet from attending . The service was a repetition of that in the morning , and when I came down my host again came forward and presented me with nineteen shillings . The fee was a guinea , but from that two shillings were abated for my entertainment . He informed me at the same time that a farmer , who had been hearing me and who lived five miles on my road , would give me a lift .