half after eight
If it will help to restore me to your previous good opinion , however , please believe that when I waved at you last night , simultaneously I made up my mind to make an early visit to the Sawdust Pile . The discovery that these cattle have intruded upon you and your old father , because you were unable to defend yourselves and no one in Port Agnew would defend you , merely hastened my visit . I could n't in decency come any earlier ; could I , Nan ? It 's just half after eight . And if you 're going to keep me standing at the gate , as if I were a sewing-machine agent instead of a very old friend , I _ may _ conclude to take offense and regret that I called . '' `` Oh , I 'm sorry ! Please forgive me , Donald .