nine o'clock
They talked little more , though it was a long time before either got to sleep . Thyrza saw Grail in the breakfast hour next morning , and received his advice for the day . Bunce had already conveyed the little box of Bessie 's clothing to the hospital ; thence Thyrza and the child would go in a cab to Victoria . She was at the hospital by nine o'clock . Bessie , a weakly , coughing child , who seemingly had but a short term of suffering before her , was at first very reticent with Thyrza , but when they were seated together in the train at Victoria , she brightened in the expectation of renewing her experiences of Mrs. Ormonde 's home , and at length talked freely . Bessie was very old ; she had long known the difficulties of a pinched home , and of her own ailments she spoke with a curious gravity as little child-like as could be . ` It 's my chest as is weak , ' she said .