ten
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she asked . `` Aye ! Ye may count on me . I 'll relieve ye on -LSB- of -RSB- it afore ten o'clock . It 'll be on my way to Hanbridge , ye see . '' Mrs. Maldon ceremoniously accompanied her trustee as far as the sitting-room door , where she recommended him to the careful attention of Rachel . No woman in the Five Towns could take leave of a guest with more impressive dignity than old Mrs. Maldon , whose fine Southern accent always gave a finish to her farewells .