A devious plan [Last Place Comics]

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A devious plan [Last Place Comics] - Lemmy.World

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Someone is going to have to explain it.

I can’t for the life of me figure it out :(

Does the last bit mean “earlier that morning” or “morning, the next day” I wonder.
Early that morning (at the end of the janitor’s night shift).