ten o’clock
`` Certainly I will . '' `` I can not part with him before ten o'clock , unless I am forced , '' she whispered , pressing Mr. Carlyle 's hands , in her earnest gratitude . `` You do n't know what it is , Archibald , to have a lost son home for an hour but once in seven years . At ten o'clock we will part . '' Mr. Carlyle and Barbara began to pace in the path in compliance with the wish of Mrs. Hare , keeping near the entrance gate . When they were turning the second time , Mr. Carlyle offered her his arm ; it was an act of mere politeness . Barbara took it ; and there they waited and waited ; but the justice did not come .