about eight o'clock
Cyril , ' repeated Mrs Pansey , with a snort , ` the idea of a pauper like Mrs Jennings giving her brat such a fine name . Well , it was Cyril 's night out on Sunday , and he did not come home till late , and then made his appearance very wet and dirty . He told me that he had been on Southberry Heath and had been almost knocked into a ditch by Mr Pendle galloping past . I asked him which Mr Pendle had been out riding on Sunday , and he declared that he had seen them both -- George about eight o'clock when he was on the Heath , and Gabriel shortly after nine , as he was coming home . I gave the wretched boy a good scolding , no supper , and a psalm to commit to memory ! ' ` George and Gabriel Pendle riding on Southberry Heath on that night , ' said the chaplain , thoughtfully ; ` it is very strange . ' ` Strange ! '