How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
The house was quiet. Elizabeth Bates took off her hat and shawl, and rolled back the rug. When she had finished, she sat down. It was a few minutes past nine. She was startled by the rapid chuff of the winding-engine at the pit, and the sharp whirr of the brakes on the rope as it descended. Again she felt the painful sweep of her blood, and she put her hand to her side, saying aloud, "Good gracious!—it's only the nine o'clock deputy going down," rebuking herself. (2.37)
Elizabeth is still jumpy and counting the minutes/hours, noting that a sound in the distance indicates a deputy is going down into the mine as part of a regular check.
Quote #8
At a quarter to ten there were footsteps. One person! She watched for the door to open. It was an elderly woman, in a black bonnet and a black woollen shawl—his mother. (2.41)
In yet another time update, we learn that it's nearly 10. Elizabeth listens to the sound of an approaching person expectantly, but it turns out to be Walter's mother. This is when Elizabeth learns that something (we don't yet know what) has happened to Walter.
Quote #9
It was half-past ten, and the old woman was saying: "But it's trouble from beginning to end; you're never too old for trouble, never too old for that—" when the gate banged back, and there were heavy feet on the steps. (2.58)
Just a short time later, a man arrives to tell Elizabeth and her mother-in-law that Walter has passed. Apparently, the older woman spent at least 30 minutes contemplating how her son went bad, which probably wasn't the most entertaining thing for Elizabeth to listen to when she was already nervous.