eight o'clock
`` Perhaps so . You have made me repent many things . '' `` Do you mean to say that -- '' `` I mean to say , that since you have at last offered to assist in nursing that unconscious child , I wish you to give the medicine hourly . The last potion was at eight o'clock . '' He placed the candle so as to shade the light from the sick girl , and left the room . Mrs. Chilton sat for some time as he had left her with her head leaning on her hand , her thoughts evidently perplexed and bitter . At length she rose and stood close to Beulah , looking earnestly at her emaciated face .