If it said now, "Don't go home!" What a famous clock, hereafter, if it said to-night of all the nights that it has counted off, to this old man of all the young and old men who have ever stood before it, "Don't go home!" With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. "Why, you are worse than I thought you," says Mr. Tulkinghorn, muttering reproof to his watch. "Two minutes wrong? At this rate you won't last my time." What a watch to return good for evil if it ticked in answer, "Don't go home!"

If it said now, "Don't go home!" what a famous clock would it be hereafter. With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on.
"Why, you are worse than I thought you," mutters Mr. Tulkinghorn in reproof to his watch. "Two minutes wrong." What a watch it would be if it ticked in answer, "Don't go home!"
