six o'clock
Come again yourself before that , let us three meet together again . '' So quickly did the callers press in that the little room could not hold them ; and Jack had to go to the front door , there to shake hands and say a word to all who wanted to see him . It was quite a levée , and it was only the fact that the gloom of a terrible calamity hung over Stokebridge that prevented the demonstration being noisy as well as enthusiastic . By six o'clock all his friends had seen him , and Jack sat down with Bill Haden and his wife . Then Jane Haden 's feelings relieved themselves by a copious flood of tears ; and Bill himself , though he reproached her for crying on such an occasion , did so in a husky voice . `` Thou art going to leave us , Jack , '' Jane Haden said ; `` and though we shall miss thee sorely , thou must n't go to think that Bill or me be sorry at the good fortune that be come upon you . Thou hast been a son , and a good son to us , and ha ' never given so much as a day 's trouble .