six in the evening
I know that it is foolish to be afraid of an evil which we can not avoid ; but I find it impossible to divest myself of this fear . I look worse than I feel just now , '' she continued , walking across the room , and surveying her face in the glass . `` My colour is returning -- I shall pass muster with the doctors yet . '' The great business of packing up for the voyage went steadily forward all day ; and before six in the evening , trunks , bedding , and little ship stores , were on board , ready for a start . Flora was surprised in the afternoon by a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Gregg , and the two rosy girls , who expressed the greatest regret at their departure . They had made a plum-cake for Mrs. Lyndsay to eat during the voyage ; and truly it looked big enough to have lasted out a trip to the South Seas , while Mrs. Gregg had brought various small tin canisters filled with all sorts of farinaceous food for the baby . Abundant as their kindness was , the blessings and good wishes they heaped upon the emigrants were more abundant still ; the kind-hearted mother and her bonnie girls , kissing them at parting , with tears coursing down their rosy cheeks .