eight o'clock
Her sister bade her to rise and dress herself , but to remain where she was . It could not be expected , she said , but that their father would be hard to persuade . `` I know that he will kill me when he sees me , '' said Carry . At eight o'clock Fanny took the old man his breakfast to the mill , while Mrs. Brattle waited on Carry , as though she had deserved all the good things which a mother could do for a child . The miller sat upon a sack at the back of the building , while the hired man took his meal of bread and cheese in the front , and Fanny remained close at his elbow . While the old man was eating she said nothing to him . He was very slow , and sat with his eyes fixed upon the morsel of sky which was visible through the small aperture , thinking evidently of anything but the food that he was swallowing .