half after seven
`` Well , I guess I must run home , '' she said . And with one lift of her eyes to his and a shy laugh -- laughter being a rare thing for Jane -- she scampered quickly to the corner and was gone . But though she cared for no reward , the extraordinary restlessness of William , that evening , after dinner , must at least have been of great interest to her . He ascended to his own room directly from the table , but about twenty minutes later came down to the library , where Jane was sitting -LRB- her privilege until half after seven -RRB- with her father and mother . William looked from one to the other of his parents and seemed about to speak , but did not do so . Instead , he departed for the upper floor again and presently could be heard moving about energetically in various parts of the house , a remote thump finally indicating that he was doing something with a trunk in the attic . After that he came down to the library again and once more seemed about to speak , but did not .