About seven o'clock
_ `` Yet did he loath to see the image fair , White and unchanged of face , unmoved of limb ! '' _ Earthly Paradise . _ Leander 's hand was very tremulous all the next day , as several indignant clients discovered , and he closed as early as he could , feeling it impossible to attend to business under the circumstances . About seven o'clock he went up to his sitting-room . A difficult and ungrateful task was before him . To facilitate her removal , he must persuade the goddess to take up a position in the saloon for the night ; and , much as he had suffered from her , there was something traitorous in delivering her over to these coarse burglars . He waited until the statue showed signs of returning animation , and then said , `` Good evening , mum , '' more obsequiously than usual .