eight o'clock
A. On the night of Christmas Eve , about half-past eight . `` You saw the dark man in the back yard on Christmas Eve ? '' repeated Lucian , much surprised by this discovery . `` Yes , I did , '' replied Rhoda decisively , `` at half-past eight o'clock . I went out into the yard to put some empty bottles into the shed , and I saw the man standing near the fence , looking at the back of No. 13 . When he heard me coming out he rushed past me and out by the side passage . The moon was shining , and I saw him as plain as plain . ''