8:40
It 's all my unfortunate hair . They must have gone by this time -- they were to go very early , were n't they ? '' Lady Cressage glanced at the clock . `` It was 8:40 , I think -- fully half an hour ago , '' she answered , with a painstaking effect of indifference . `` Curious conglomeration '' -- mused the other . `` The boy and girl are so civilized , and their uncle is so rudimentary . I 'm afraid they are spoiling him just as the missionaries spoil the noble savage .