six o'clock
` Nothing -- no , no , do n't hammer that down , you will wake Owen . Good night , good-bye ; I shall be gone by half-past six . ' Though Phoebe said good-bye , she knew perfectly well that the hours of the morning were as nothing to the backwoodsman , and with spirits greatly exhilarated by the Christmas invitation , she went to bed , much too sleepy to make out why her wealth seemed so severe a shock to Humfrey Randolf . The six o'clock breakfast was well attended , for Miss Charlecote was there herself , as well as the Canadian , Phoebe , and Mervyn , who was wonderfully amiable considering the hour in the morning . Phoebe felt in some slight degree less unfeeling when she found that Lucilla 's fading looks had been no more noticed by Miss Charlecote than by herself ; but Honor thought Owen 's illness accounted for all , and only promised that the doctor should inspect her . A day of exceeding occupation ensued . Mervyn talked the whole way of Cecily , his plans and his prospects ; and Phoebe had to draw her mind out of one world and immerse it into another , straining ears and voice all the time to hear and be heard through the roar of the train .