eight o'clock
` Miss ` Azel ` ave sent word she was h ` asleep , sir , ' said Gotham , with extra dignity . ` Then why do n't you wait till she is awake , slowhead ? as usual . It is not eight o'clock yet . ' ` H'also that she ` as no h ` intentions of h ` ever waking h ` up , sir . ' So Mr. Falkirk took his breakfast with a dissatisfied mind . For it is safe to say , he was so accustomed by this time to his gay little ward 's company and ministrations , that coffee was not coffee without her .