local people came and went in ones and twos , and at six o'clock jonathan and hunter brannan came in for an early dinner , to fuel up ahead of their busy evening , which i thought was wise , and two or three others i took to be bar owners did the same thing , and some of what i took to be their cleaners stopped by before heading home , and at seven o'clock main street went dark outside the window , and at seven-thirty the old couple from the hotel came in for their meal , she with her book , he with his paper .