six o'clock
Miss Gushing had a great advantage over the other competitors for the civilisation of Mr Oriel , namely , in this -- that she was able to attend his morning services . If Mr Oriel was to be reached in any way , it was probable that he might be reached in this way . If anything could civilise him , this would do it . Therefore , the young thing , through all one long , tedious winter , tore herself from her warm bed , and was to be seen -- no , not seen , but heard -- entering Mr Oriel 's church at six o'clock . With indefatigable assiduity the responses were made , uttered from under a close bonnet , and out of a dark corner , in an enthusiastically feminine voice , through the whole winter . Nor did Miss Gushing altogether fail in her object . When a clergyman 's daily audience consists of but one person , and that person is a young lady , it is hardly possible that he should not become personally intimate with her ; hardly possible that he should not be in some measure grateful .