nine o'clock at night
What has she done ? '' `` To put it plainly , Mary , '' said Mr. Brookes , wiping his tears away , and turning his back upon his Goodall , `` I do n't know what she has n't done -- everything . She is at the present moment the talk of Southwick . The doctor here has seen her in the field at the back here with Meason at nine o'clock at night . '' `` Why did you allow her to leave the house at that hour ? No young girl -- '' `` She always takes her dogs out in the evening ; I can not prevent her doing that . It appears , too , that she has had Meason up in her bedroom . ''