six o'clock
As she spoke , the sonorous strokes of the clock proclaiming the hour , vibrated through the house . `` We have been distracted about him for more than two hours ! he should surely have been here by half-past six ! Mr. Trevlyn has sent messengers to the depot , to make inquiries , and the officekeeper thinks Mr. Linmere arrived in the six o'clock train , but is not quite positive . Mr. Weldon went , himself , to meet the seven-thirty train , thinking perhaps he might have got detained , and would come on in the succeeding train , but he did not arrive . And there are no more trains to-night ! Oh , Margie , is n't it dreadful ? ''