seven o'clock
petulantly exclaimed the old woman . `` No , indeed , there has not been a soul here to-day ; neither have we heard a word from Brudenell Hall ! Still , I think you must be mistaken as to the hour of the wife 's arrival , and perhaps as to other particulars , too ; but excuse me , dear Mrs. Jones , and go on and tell the story . '' `` Well , but what made you say it was seven o'clock when his wife arrove ? '' inquired the gossip . `` Because that was really the hour that I went up to Brudenell . Hannah was with me and knows it . ''