eight o’clock in the
evening
`` Well , I 'm not worrying , '' Jack went on . `` It does n't do any good , and only makes you lie awake nights . By the way , I wonder what time it is getting to be . '' He looked at his watch and found it was close on to eight o'clock in the evening . So late had dinner been served , and so varied were the happenings of the last few hours , that time had passed quickly . `` Why it 's almost bed-time , '' said Jack . `` I wonder if we are to go on dropping into the depths of nowhere all night . ''