seven o'clock in the morning
`` Hets ! '' said the woman , `` der ye think I canna haud my whist , when the maister bids me ? I 'm nae great clasher at ony time , for my pairt . '' At seven o'clock in the morning he sent a note to Sir Charles Bassett , to say that his house had been attacked last night by two armed burglars ; he and his people had captured one , and wished to take him before a magistrate at once , since his house was not a fit place to hold him secure . He concluded Sir Charles would not refuse him the benefit of the law , however obnoxious he might be . Sir Charles 's lips curled with contempt at the man who was not ashamed to put such a doubt on paper . However , he wrote back a civil line , to say that of course he was at Mr. Bassett 's service , and would be in his justice-room at nine o'clock .