about nine o'clock
Oh , I am sure , if I had thought of this , I would rather have done anything than say it . And whatever Sophia might have imagined , I assure you , gentlemen , _ I _ never , never for a moment thought Mr Wentworth meant any harm . '' `` Never mind Mr Wentworth , '' said Mr Brown , who now took the matter in hand . `` When you were passing Mrs Hadwin 's house about nine o'clock on the evening of the 15th , you saw some one standing at the door . Mr Wentworth particularly wishes you to say who it was . '' `` Oh , Mr Brown -- oh , Mr Morgan , '' cried the poor lady ; `` it was little Rosa Elsworthy . She was a designing little artful thing .