eight o'clock
I took noatice of a box as I coom along . An then -- ' He stood still a moment pondering , one outspread hand on the letter . ` An then theer 's nowt moor as a can remember , -- an your aunt ull be wearyin ; an it 's but reet she should know now , at wonst , abeawt t ' money a 've saved this four year , an t ' letter to Mr. Gurney . Yo understan -- when yor letter came this mornin -- t ` mon browt it up to Louie abeawt eight o'clock -- she towd me fust out i ' th ' yard -- an I said to her , ` Doa n't you tell yor aunt nowt abeawt it , an we ` st meet at t ' station . ' An I made soom excuse to Hannah abeawt gooin ower t ' Scout after soom beeasts -- an -- an -- Louie an me coom thegither . ' He passed his other hand painfully across his brow . The travail of expression , the moral struggle of the last twenty-four hours , seemed to have aged him before them .