about ten o'clock in the morning
`` Miss Monica , she lets me have biscuits , same like she has herself . I always calls her Miss Monica , '' he explained , `` like what they did over at her uncle 's place in Long Island , where I used to work . '' After breakfast he produced hot water , a safety razor and other toilet requisites , a clean shirt and collar , an overcoat and a Stetson hat -- all from Gerry 's wardrobe , I presumed . My boots , too , were beautifully polished , and it was as a new man altogether , fresh in mind and clean in body , that I presented myself , about ten o'clock in the morning , at the front door and demanded the `` Frau Gräfin . '' By Carter 's advice I had removed my moustache , and my clean-shaven countenance , together with my black felt hat and dark overcoat , gave me , I think , that appearance of rather dour respectability which one looks for in a male attendant . Now Monica and I sat and reviewed the situation together . `` German servants spend their lives in prying into their masters ' affairs , '' she said , `` but we sha n't be interrupted here .