Seven o’clock
I wonder what made him take and have it at Joe 's ? If Joe do n't soon get better than he have looked lately -- '' The first chime of the cathedral clock giving notice of the hour , seven ! Old Ketch broke out into a heat , and tried to hobble along more quickly . Seven o'clock ! What if , through being late , his share of supper should be eaten ! Peering out every now and then from the deep shade , cast by one of the angles of the cathedral , and as swiftly and cautiously drawn back again , was a trencher apparently watching Ketch . As soon as that functionary was fairly launched on his way , the trencher came out completely , and went flying at a swift pace round the college to the Boundaries .