eight o’clock in the
morning
`` I reckon you 's thet new lad thet 's come ter work over at Mullins 's , ai n't ye ? '' `` No 'm , '' said Archie , `` I do n't work anywhere . I 'm on my way to New York , where I expect to find a position , and I thought perhaps you 'd allow me to do a little work here this morning to earn my breakfast . '' Good Mrs. Lane , for that was the woman 's name , was horrified to think that any one was alive and without breakfast at eight o'clock in the morning . `` Goodness me ! '' said she . `` Why , you must be half-famished fer want of food , ai n't ye ? ''