seven o'clock
`` My dear , it has not been your fault , '' said Mrs. Stanbury . `` I do not like to blame my brother , '' said Priscilla , `` because he has done his best to be good to us all ; -- and the punishment will fall heaviest upon him , because he must pay for it . '' `` He should not be allowed to pay a shilling , '' said Mrs. Trevelyan . Then the morning came , and at seven o'clock the two sisters , with the nurse and child , started for Lessboro ' Station in Mrs. Crocket 's open carriage , the luggage having been sent on in a cart . There were many tears shed , and any one looking at the party would have thought that very dear friends were being torn asunder . `` Mother , '' said Priscilla , as soon as the parlour door was shut , and the two were alone together , `` we must take care that we never are brought again into such a mistake as that . They who protect the injured should be strong themselves . ''