eight o'clock
Might be Vanderbilt , the fuss you make over him . '' `` I know you dislike him ; mere envy , Blanche , for his devotion to myself , which is absurd , '' with a satisfied glance at the mirror opposite . `` Men being born hunters will hunt you for the golden dollar ; me , for myself . So as you have breakfasted , away ; try and be civil to Sir Tilton , and bring him back to dinner with you at eight o'clock ; ta-ta . '' As Miss Tompkins paced the corridors to her own apartments she muttered : `` I 'll be even with you some day , Mrs. T. ; did n't see you fool my popa nine years for nothing , and take all his kisses and more than two millions of money from me , when you did n't care a cent for him ; 't was the black-bearded major , not popa 's lean jaws then ; now , it 's Capt. Trevalyon , who is as handsome as the Prince of Wales , and too awfully nice for anything . Never mind , you 'll be sold as bad as one of Barnum 's . I handle my million when I come of age , which will be New Year 's day , 1878 ; then you 'll see if all the men love you , and think me a fright just because I hav n't your big black eyes and catlike ways . ''