the evening, about ten o'clock
Then , all of a sudden , it came into my mind -- it may be that God put it there -- that I would try to drop it somewhere about William Foster 's house , where he or his wife would find it . I used to know Kate Foster well before I went to the boarding-school , as we were schoolfellows when we were little girls . I thought that perhaps the marked verses might do one or other of them good : for I felt how much they both needed it , and if the little book made me unhappy , possibly it might make them happy ; and , at any rate , I should feel that I had done better than destroy it , and Foster 's house would be the last place any one would be thinking of tracing a Bible to . `` So , late on in the evening , about ten o'clock , I crept round to the back of William Foster 's house , and intended to have lifted the latch of the outer door softly , and placed the Bible on the window-sill inside . But just then I heard Kate 's voice . I could hardly believe my ears -- yes -- she was praying and crying ; pouring out her heart to God with tears . Oh , I was cut to the very soul ; and then it rushed into my mind , ` Drop the Bible into the room , ' for I had seen that the casement was a little open .