Nine o'clock
But the `` workin 's o ' salvation was not to be finicked away on worldly things or even the affections of the flesh ; '' and if Cissy really loved her aunt , `` she would n't interfere with her while she was , so to speak , still on the mourners ' bench , wrastlin ' with the Sperret in their back sittin ' - room . '' But she might wait until Brother Seabright 's return from evening chapel after service . Cissy waited . Nine o'clock came , but Brother Seabright did not return . Then a small but inconsequent dignity took possession of her , and she slightly tossed her long curls from her shoulders . She was not going to wait for any man 's permission to see her own aunt . If auntie did not want to see her , that was enough .