about seven o'clock
`` Ay , sooth we feel too strong in weal to need Thee on that road . But woe being come , the soul is dumb that crieth not on God . '' Elizabeth Barrett Browning . The guests departed about seven o'clock , and Dame Lovell got to bed a little before nine -- an hour which was in her eyes most untimely . Margery , though she had not slept on the previous night , was unable to close her eyes for some time . The unwonted excitement kept her awake , and another idea , too , mingled with her thoughts . The book !