seven o'clock at
night
The old woman came back to Winesburg as soon as she got the chance . One evening as she was coming home from work she found a pocket-book containing thirty-seven dollars , and that opened the way . The trip was a great adventure for the boy . It was past seven o'clock at night when the grandmother came home with the pocket-book held tightly in her old hands and she was so excited she could scarcely speak . She insisted on leaving Cincinnati that night , saying that if they stayed until morning the owner of the money would be sure to find them out and make trouble . Tom , who was then sixteen years old , had to go trudging off to the station with the old woman , bearing all of their earthly belongings done up in a worn-out blanket and slung across his back . By his side walked the grandmother urging him forward .