Three o'clock
As the days went by and all was well , her father growing stronger , the children rosier , the house more comfortable , she did feel very deeply that the great blessings showered upon her had not been deserved , but were sent to make her better in the future than she had been in the past . There was yet one more thing that she desired ; that was to take her parents down the river to the place where she had been almost shipwrecked in the _ Fairy _ . They , too , wished to see the spot where their daughter had narrowly escaped a terrible death , which they shuddered even to think of . Three o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday saw the whole Mitchell family at the lock . The children came to see their elders off , and to spend the afternoon with Philip and Emily . `` Glad to see you out in the daylight , '' said Mr. Rowles to Mr. Mitchell . `` You are twice the man you were , now that you are keeping better hours . ''