eight o'clock in the morning
The sergeant came to the door . `` Thompson , take good care of that young _ lady _ . We happen to know her . If she awakes before eight o'clock in the morning , tell her that she is to stay with your wife till I come to see her at nine o'clock . Any effects , sergeant ? '' `` Yes , sir , '' and the sergeant took out his note-book , `` seven pawn tickets , five pennies , and a New Testament with ` Nellie Alleyne ' written inside . '' `` Here , give me those tickets , I 'll take care of them ; and Thompson , if the newspaper fellows come here to-night , say that the young lady fell over the wharf accidentally , and has gone home to her friends .