eight o'clock
After dinner he called on Oliver Wolcott , the Comptroller , one of his closest friends , and related the scene of the morning , adding the explanation . Wolcott was a Puritan , and did not approve of the marital digressions of his friends . But in this case the offence was so much less than the accusation that he listened with frequent ejaculations of content . He agreed at once to call at Hamilton 's house at eight o'clock , look over the papers , and read them aloud when the trio arrived . `` And may the devil damn them , '' he added . `` It will be one of the keenest pleasures of my life to confound them . The unpatriotic villains !