nearly eleven o'clock in the morning
`` I have given up that hope , '' he said ; `` yea , well-nigh all hopes , for this lower world . '' `` There is alway hope where God is , '' said Mrs Collenwood . `` Truth , my mistress , '' he replied ; `` but God is in Heaven , and hope is safest there . '' It was nearly eleven o'clock in the morning when the travellers set out from the Nun 's Head . Roger Hall stood in the doorway , looking after them , until the last glimpse could no longer be perceived . Then , with a sigh , he turned to Tom Hartley , who stood beside him . `` Come , Tom ! ''