ten P.M.
Alfred silenced him , and told Sarah he thought Miss Dodd ought to know the nature of this prescription before it went round the chemists . He borrowed paper of Dick and wrote : `` Mr. Alfred Hardie presents his compliments to Miss Dodd , and begs leave to inform her that he has , by the merest accident , intercepted the enclosed prescription . As it seems rather a sorry jest , and tends to attract attention to Miss Dodd and her movements , he has ventured with some misgivings to send it back with a literal translation , on reading which it will be for Miss Dodd to decide whether it is to circulate . `` ` On Wednesday , at ten P.M. , let her go in a fly to the Town-hall , and dance with thirteen little -LCB- little dogs , puppies , whelps , -RCB- especially with mine : return home at six A.M. and sleep till dinner , and repeat the folly as occasion serves . ' '' `` Suppose I could get it into Miss 's hands when she 's alone ? '' whispered Sarah . `` You would earn my warmest gratitude . ''