about half past eight
` We 'll get Heather 's greengrocer 's cart to fetch it up , ' he said . ` Is n't there a cab ? ' said Fanny , knowing dismally enough that there was n't . ` I 'll just put it aside o ' the penny-in-the-slot , and Heather 's greengrocers 'll fetch it about half past eight , ' he said . He seized the box by its two handles and staggered with it across the level-crossing , bumping his legs against it as he waddled . Then he dropped it by the red sweet-meats machine . ` Will it be safe there ? '