eight o'clock
`` I have hope to live , and am prepared to die . '' Measure for Measure . Ralph was bidden to be ready to take his young master home early the next morning . At eight o'clock the boy , who had slept with his father , came down the stair , clinging to his father 's hand , and Miss Woodford coming closely with him . `` Yes , '' said Charles , as he held the little fair fellow in his arms , ere seating him on the horse , `` he knows all , Ralph . He knows that his father did an evil thing , and that what we do in our youth finds us out later , and must be paid for . He has promised me to be a comfort to the old people , and to look on this lady as a mother .