nine o'clock
Only one night they rested in the city , and then on Friday morning they left New York , taking the shortest route to Tanglewood -- namely , by railroad as far as Baltimore , and then by steamboat to Shelton , on the Potomac . Our whole party landed at Shelton on Saturday evening . The judge dispatched a messenger on horseback from the little hotel to Tanglewood , to order Reuben Gray to have the fires kindled and supper ready against their arrival , and then , after some little search , -- for the hamlet boasted few hackney coaches , -- they found a carriage for the judge and his companions and a wagon for the servants and the luggage . It was nine o'clock when they reached Tanglewood . Hannah and Reuben were standing out under the starlight , listening for the sound of wheels , and they ran forward to greet them as they alighted from the carriage . `` Oh , welcome ; welcome home , sir ! Thank God , I receive you safe again ! ''