nine o'clock
He was now yearning for home , and he felt that he could meet his dear ones with honest pride . He made arrangements to correspond with Henderson and Eden in the holidays , and Power promised again to visit him at Semlyn , on condition that he would come back with him and spend a week at Severn Park , so that there might be a double bond of union between them . Very early the next morning the boys were swarming into coaches , carriages , brakes , and every conceivable vehicle which could by any possibility convey them to the nearest station . A hearty cheer accompanied each coach as it rolled off with its heavy and excited freight ; by nine o'clock not a boy was left behind . The great buildings of Saint Winifred 's were still as death ; the footfall of the chance passer-by echoed desolately among them . A strange , mournful , conscious silence hung about the old monastic pile . The young life which usually played like the sunshine over it , was pouring unwonted brightness into many happy English homes .