half past eight
`` He ought not to be , but he is , I fear . '' `` Then it 'll be him who axed for ye on the telephone ? '' `` When ? '' `` It ` ud be somewheres about a quarter or half past eight . Lizzie tole me after the old leddy kem up to see if you 'd taken the car out . '' Medenham 's wits were alert enough now . `` I do n't fully understand , '' he said .