about eight o'clock
No more rain was required , the colt 's legs remained sound , and three days of sunshine would make all the difference in their sum of happiness . In the kitchen Mrs. Latch and Esther had been busy for some time with chickens and pies and jellies , and in the passage there were cases packed with fruit and wine . The dressmaker had come from Worthing , and for several days the young ladies had not left her . And one fine morning , very early -- about eight o'clock -- the wheelers were backed into the drag that had come from Brighton , and the yard resounded with the blaring of the horn . Ginger was practising under his sister 's window . `` You 'll be late ! You 'll be late ! ''