eight o'clock in the morning
`` And how should Mrs. Davy know ? '' `` The Davys live next door to the Pells , and the servants of one house carried the news to the other house . She said the General sent to his son 's lodging to see if he was in town , but he was not . It was then only eight o'clock in the morning . '' `` How unlikely such a story is ! Do you believe it ? '' `` Ask to-morrow .