nine o'clock
we will not compare our opinions of him : he is my father 's brother , and I shall be glad not to offend him . But my father would have reason to be dissatisfied if I left everything to my uncle as if he had not left everything to me . If he had been another sort of man , my father would surely have left the estate to him ! '' At nine o'clock they met in the housekeeper 's room -- low-ceiled , large , lined almost round with oak presses , which were mistress Brookes 's delight . She welcomed them as to her own house , and made an excellent hostess . But Donal would not mix the tumbler of toddy she would have had him take . For one thing he did not like his higher to be operated upon from his lower : it made him feel as if possessed by a not altogether real self .