half after eight
Twenty four hours a day , all her own ; that was what she wanted ; twenty-four hours a day to do with as she pleased -- to sleep in , play , laugh , sing , love in . Pioneers , explorers , adventurers -- what else do they seek ? Twenty-four hours a day , all their own ! At half after eight -- about the time Ling Foo slid off his stool -- the tender from the transport sloshed up to the customs jetty and landed Jane , a lone woman among a score of officers of various nationalities . But it really was n't the customs jetty her foot touched ; it was the outer rim of the whirligig . Some officer had found an extra slicker for her and an umbrella . Possibly the officer in olive drab who assisted her to the nearest covered ` ricksha and directed the placement of her luggage .