six o'clock
But for all that , she wished eagerly that he were not shy and delicate , and did not always have some bodily ill when fighting time came . And more than one sob shook her , for she beheld the honour of the Bruces being trampled under John Brown 's big boots . She set the table and went about her usual household tasks in a very half-hearted way . Cyril would not look at her , and crept off to bed at six o'clock , complaining of the pain in his leg . Tea was over by then , and Betty , with her woeful look still on her face was helping `` wash up '' in the kitchen . Cyril in his bedroom turned down his stocking and examined the little blue bruise near his knee . That there was some outward and visible sign of his hurt he was very thankful .