seven in the evening
* * * * * She kneeled , and saintlike Cast her eyes to heaven , and pray 'd devoutly . KING HENRY VIII . Colonel Everard 's departure at the late hour , for , so it was then thought , of seven in the evening , excited much speculation . There was a gathering of menials and dependents in the outer chamber or hall , for no one doubted that his sudden departure was owing to his having , as they expressed it , `` seen something , '' and all desired to know how a man of such acknowledged courage as Everard , looked under the awe of a recent apparition . But he gave them no time to make comments ; for , striding through the hall wrapt in his riding suit , he threw himself on horseback , and rode furiously through the Chase , towards the hut of the keeper Joliffe . It was the disposition of Markham Everard to be hot , keen , earnest , impatient , and decisive to a degree of precipitation .