a quarter before nine
But in sadness , or in the moments of deep feeling , Ferrers was one whom you would wish out of the way . `` You are sullen to-eight , / mon cher / , '' said Lumley , yawning ; `` I suppose you want to go to bed -- some persons are so ill-bred , so selfish , they never think of their friends . Nobody asks me what I won at / ecarte / . Do n't be late to-morrow -- I hate breakfasting alone , and I am never later than a quarter before nine -- I hate egotistical , ill-mannered people . Good night . '' With this , Ferrers sought his own room ; there , as he slowly undressed , he thus soliloquised : `` I think I have put this man to all the use I can make of him . We do n't pull well together any longer ; perhaps I myself am a little tired of this sort of life .