about two o'clock
Nobody , however , had made her acquainted with the peculiar nature of the danger that was before her . Nelly M'Gowan , as she was called , had strongly cautioned her against both Donnel and Sarah , but then Nelly herself was completely in the dark as to the character of the injury against which she warned her , so that her friendly precautions were founded more upon the general and unscrupulous profligacy of Donnel 's principles , and his daughter 's violence , than upon any particular knowledge she possessed of her intentions towards her . Mave 's own serene and innocent disposition was such in fact as to render her not easily impressed by suspicion ; and our readers may have perceived , by the interview which took place between her and Sarah , that from the latter , she apprehended no injury . It was on the following day after that interview , about two o'clock , that while she was spreading some clothes upon the garden hedge , during a sickly gleam of sunshine , our friend the pedlar made his appearance , and entered her father 's house . Mave having laid her washing before the sun , went in and found him busily engaged in showing his wares , which consisted principally of cutlery and trinkets . The pedlar , as she entered , threw a hasty glance at her , perceived that she shook down her luxuriant hair , which had been disarranged by a branch of thorn that was caught in it while stretching over the hedge . She at once recognized him , and blushed deeply ; but he seemed altogether to have forgotten her .