"It is too probable. He has often much business to transact at Whinbury. Have you brought your exercise-book, child?"
"Yes.--What time will you return, Robert?"
"I generally return at seven. Do you wish me to be at home earlier?"
"Try rather to be back by six. It is not absolutely dark at six now, but by seven daylight is quite gone."
"And what danger is to be apprehended, Caroline, when daylight _is_ gone? What peril do you conceive comes as the companion of darkness for me?"

What time will you return, Robert?"
"I generally return at seven.'
"Try to be back by six. By seven daylight is quite gone."
"And what danger do you foresee for me in darkness, Caroline?"
