nine o'clock
I need not say that we shall be glad , delighted , indeed , at any time -- '' Every now and then Drake murmured his acknowledgments ; but he made the due responses absently . He was left entirely at Mrs. Lorton 's mercy that evening -- for Nell had suddenly remembered that she ought really to go and see old Brownie 's mother , a lady whose age was set down at anything between a hundred and a hundred and ten , and Dick was in his `` workshop '' cleaning the new and spotless gun . Nell did not come in till late , was full of Grandmother Brownie 's sayings and wonderfully maintained faculties , and ran off to bed very soon , with a cheerful `` Good night , Mr. Vernon . Dick has ordered the trap for nine o'clock . '' Drake got up early the next morning ; there were the horses to be arranged for -- he was going to leave two behind , for a time , at any rate , in the hope that Dick and Miss Nell might use them ; and he had to say good-by -- and tip -- sundry persons . He performed the latter operation on so liberal a scale that amazement sat upon the bosom of many a man and woman in Shorne Mills for months afterward . Molly , indeed , was so overcome by the sight and feel of the crisp ten-pound note , and her face grew so red and her eyes so prominent , that Drake was seriously afraid that she was going to have a fit .