about nine in the morning
When he went up to dress for dinner he found a hamper of game there , with a blank label attached , for him to put any address he liked . So he wrote his mother 's ; and when it arrived she gave him most unmerited credit for skill , forethought , and trouble-taking . The Goulds certainly did things in a princely way . It rained softly all that night , clearing up about nine in the morning , when those who were going out with the harriers had been half-an-hour at breakfast -- Miss Clarissa , who was one of them , taking that meal in her habit . Crawley could hardly eat for excitement . The moment the water for his tub had been brought he had jumped up , and , directly he was dressed , hurried to the stables to see the horse he was to ride . `` And which is it to be ? ''