8
o'clock
You gave me a _ horrid _ start , and I realized for the first time that I 've got a heart . I really must sit down and pant . '' _ Vivie _ : `` I am sorry , dearest . I had not the slightest notion you would be letting yourself into the office at this hour -- 8 o'clock -- and I was just returning from my crammers ... '' _ Norie _ : `` I came for those Cranston papers . Mother is ill . I may have to sit up with her after Violet Hunt goes , so I thought I would come here , fetch the bundle of papers and plans , and go through them in the silent watches of the night , _ if _ mother sleeps . But do you mean to say you have already started this masquerade ? ''