eight o'clock
`` I know what it is , '' said Greaser , wagging his head wisely , `` but I ca n't pronounce it ! '' * * * * * Events now moved rapidly . The following morning , despite the draft which entered through three windows and swept out the door , the Roman stopped the morning recitation after five minutes of indignant commotion in the class and , making a detailed investigation , dispensed with the presence of Mr. Snorky Green , Mr. Skippy Bedelle and Mr. Greaser Tunxton -LRB- the last with incredulous chagrin -RRB- with a request to produce each individual bath record for the week . At eight o'clock that night Snorky Green deserted the communal laboratory , bag and baggage , announcing that he was through once and for all , and sought asylum of Dennis de Brian de Boru . Finnegan , after the first whiff , barricaded the door and seized a baseball bat to repel any aggression via the transom . At eight-thirty , the inhabitants of the second floor held an indignation meeting on the steps . `` Holy Moses !