evening, about nine o'clock
`` Oh dear me , no . I shall be very comfortable here with Gertrude . '' `` And Gertrude , '' she murmured , `` will be very comfortable here with you . '' That evening , about nine o'clock , the parlour-maid announced to Brodrick in his study that Miss Winny and Mr. Eddy had called . They were in the dining-room . When Brodrick asked if Mrs. Brodrick was with them he was told that the young gentlemen had said expressly that it was Mr. Brodrick whom they wished to see . Brodrick desired that they should be brought to him .