nine o'clock
Mr. Quintus Slide , when he was really anxious to use his thong earnestly , could generally raise a wale . Was He Honest ? On the 10th of August , Phineas Finn did return to Loughton . He went down by the mail train on the night of the 10th , having telegraphed to the inn for a bed , and was up eating his breakfast in that hospitable house at nine o'clock . The landlord and landlady with all their staff were at a loss to imagine what had brought down their member again so quickly to his borough ; but the reader , who will remember that Lady Baldock with her daughter and Violet Effingham were to pass the 11th of the month at Saulsby , may perhaps be able to make a guess on the subject . Phineas had been thinking of making this sudden visit to Loughton ever since he had been up in town , but he could suggest to himself no reason to be given to Lord Brentford for his sudden reappearance . The Earl had been very kind to him , but he had said nothing which could justify his young friend in running in and out of Saulsby Castle at pleasure , without invitation and without notice .