Seven o’clock
I may stay longer ; I may go . If I go , you had better say nothing about my having been here , for her sake . At what time of the morning does the carrier pass Endelstow lane ? ' ` Seven o'clock . ' And then he left them . His thoughts were , that should the vicar permit him to become engaged , to hope for an engagement , or in any way to think of his beloved Elfride , he might stay longer . Should he be forbidden to think of any such thing , he resolved to go at once .