about half past nine
` Right or no right , ` e 's done it , ' replied Misery , ` so you 'd better take the box back to the shop . ' Crass and Sawkins accordingly returned to the workshop , where they were presently joined by Nimrod . ` I 've been thinking this business over as I came along , ' he said , ` and I do n't see being beat like this by Snatchum ; so you two can just put the tressels and the box on a hand cart and we 'll take it over to Philpot 's house . ' Nimrod walked on the pavement while the other two pushed the cart , and it was about half past nine , when they arrived at the street in Windley where Philpot used to live . They halted in a dark part of the street a few yards away from the house and on the opposite side . ` I think the best thing we can do , ' said Misery , ` is for me and Sawkins to wait ` ere while you go to the ` ouse and see ` ow the land lies . You 've done all the business with ` er so far .