about
one o'clock
`` But it might hurt me to tell . The less said soonest mended wi ' faither . '' Tom departed , the lighter for his basket . He flung a stone at a hare , listened to the jarring of a night-hawk , and finally returned home about one o'clock . Both his parents were awaiting him , and the boy saw that his mother had been enduring some trouble on his behalf . `` Mind , my son , hencefarrard that the Sabbath is the Lard thy God 's . You may have done others a good turn besides yourself this night . ''