nine o'clock
She felt that what they had was not taken from her , and if she could gain in her little way by receiving her just earnings from the general prosperity of others , she would not complain . And as the thought of the increased pay came into her mind , which she was to receive that day , she brightened up , shook the bonnet , pulled out the ribbons , and made it look as tidy as possible , thinking to herself that after buying some fuel she might possibly buy a bit of ribbon and make it look a little more spruce , when she got her money . Lettice now put on her bonnet , and Myra 's shawl , and looking into the little three-penny glass which hung on the wall , she thought she might look quite tidy after all . The young lady for whom she made the linen lived about twenty miles from town , but she had come in about this time , and was to set off home at nine o'clock that very morning . The linen was to have been sent in the night before , but Lettice had found it impossible to finish it . This was why she was obliged to start so early in the morning . She now goes to the bed to tell Myra about the fire , and that she had borrowed her shawl , but Myra was sound asleep , so she did not disturb her , but stepped lightly over the floor and down stairs , for it was getting late , and she must be gone .