half past eight oclock
She unlocked it with a small key she kept in her drawer , and on the third shelf she found a small , pale blue shawl , which she had had when she was a baby , and she had kept it ever since , in case she should have a baby when she was grown up . `` Here 's the very thing , '' she said , `` the shawl I had when I was a baby , '' she said , skipping back to bed . `` Oh yes , that 's a nice shawl , '' said Mr. Hose , `` and it 's pretty big too , we can wrap it all round it ; and you can cuddle it close to you , and then it would be warm , I should say . '' Mr. Hose did not get up till half past eight oclock he could not stay in bed any later because he was already rather late getting up I expect I shall be late at my offace said Mr. Hose to himself buttning up the last button of his waistcoat , he then slipped on his coat put on his hat took up his walking stick and maid his apperance in the hall takeing a glance at him self in the glass as he passed it , he then opened the hall door and began walking at a quick pace to his offaice he was not so late after all . It was a lovely day on the 28th of september when a carriage drove up to the door and Mr. and Mrs. Hose with the baby in her arms ran down the door steps and into the carriage Mr. Hose doing the same . `` It 's a good thing its a nice day is n't it Charlie ? '' she said to her husband `` Yes it is a good job or the baby could n't have come out tho ' .