about nine o'clock in
the morning
Nor when she was informed on the Tuesday that an adequate pony had been hired for eighteen pence a day , saddle , bridle , groom , and all included , was her heart at all softened towards Mr. Gowran . Frank Greystock 's First Visit to Portray Had Frank Greystock known all that his cousin endured for his comfort , would he have been grateful ? Women , when they are fond of men , do think much of men 's comfort in small matters , and men are apt to take the good things provided almost as a matter of course . When Frank Greystock and Herriot reached the cottage about nine o'clock in the morning , having left London over night by the limited mail train , the pony at once presented itself to them . It was a little shaggy , black beast , with a boy almost as shaggy as itself , but they were both good of their kind . `` Oh , you 're the laddie with the pownie , are you ? '' said Frank , in answer to an announcement made to him by the boy .