ten o'clock on Christmas Eve
I asked . `` That was the trouble , '' he returned . `` I did n't know what to do with it . It was ten o'clock on Christmas Eve , just as I was leaving , that he gave it to me . ` Tiddling Brothers have sent me a goose , Biggles , ' he said to me as I helped him on with his great-coat . ` Very kind of 'em , but I do n't want it myself ; you can have it ! ' `` Of course I thanked him , and was very grateful .