noon
The polls were not closed , however , till sunset , that is to say voting could legally continue till that time . Halse had called on Addison for a division of the money , at about three o'clock , and received his share ; he then told Addison that he was going home . Addison preferred to remain , to learn how the town had voted ; for he was much interested in a `` temperance movement '' which was agitating that portion of the State that year . The Old Squire had returned home , shortly after noon , and gone into the field to see to the digging of the potatoes . When we came in to supper , at six o'clock , Addison was just coming up the lane , on his way home . `` No doubt Williams is elected ! '' were his first words .