nine o'clock
`` I say , what 's this bandbox doing in my cab ? I thought I told Milly -- '' `` Sorry , sir ; I forgot , '' Mrs. Gigg interposed -- `` bein ' that flustered -- '' `` Well ? '' `` The woman what keeps the ` at-shop said as ` ow the ` at was n't to come back , sir . She said a young lidy bought it yestiddy ahfternoon and awsked to ` ave it sent you this mornin ' before nine o'clock . '' `` The deuce she did ! '' said Staff blankly . `` An ' the young lidy said as ` ow she 'd write you a note explynin ' .