about nine o’clock at night
` Rachel , the young man shall go with me . Why should he not face danger , in order to do justice and preserve peace ? There is that within me , ' he added , looking upwards , and with a passing enthusiasm which I had not before observed and the absence of which perhaps rather belonged to the sect than to his own personal character -- ` I say , I have that within which assures me , that though the ungodly may rage even like the storm of the ocean , they shall not have freedom to prevail against us . ' Having spoken thus , Mr. Geddes appointed a pony to be saddled for my use ; and having taken a basket with some provisions , and a servant to carry back the horses for which there was no accommodation at the fishing station , we set off about nine o'clock at night , and after three-quarters of an hour 's riding , arrived at our place of destination . The station consists , or then consisted , of huts for four or five fishermen , a cooperage and shed , and a better sort of cottage at which the superintendent resided . We gave our horses to the servant , to be carried back to Mount Sharon ; my companion expressing himself humanely anxious for their safety -- and knocked at the door of the house . At first we only heard a barking of dogs ; but these animals became quiet on snuffing beneath the door , and acknowledging the presence of friends .