nine
o'clock
he said , smiling -LRB- with reference to Lucetta 's adroit and pleasant manoeuvre with Elizabeth-Jane -RRB- . To feel that he would like to see Lucetta was with Henchard to start for her house . He put on his hat and went . It was between eight and nine o'clock when he reached her door . The answer brought him was that Miss Templeman was engaged for that evening ; but that she would be happy to see him the next day . `` That 's rather like giving herself airs ! '' he thought .