half past eight
`` Who said anything about clothes ? '' demanded the colonel , taking his stand upon the letter . `` Well , do n't _ you _ , at any rate . Yes , I 'd like to ride , of all things ; and we 've time enough , for breakfast is n't ready till half past eight . Where 's the carriage ? '' The only English scholar at Ha-Ha Bay had taken the light wraps of the ladies and was moving off with them . `` This way , this way , '' he said , waving his hand towards a larger number of vehicles on the shore than could have been reasonably attributed to Ha-Ha Bay .