eight o'clock
`` So I wish you to come down to the counting-room at nine o'clock and sort the letters . '' `` Yes , sir , '' said Mr. James . Mr. James Bowdoin looked at him suspiciously over his spectacles . `` At eight o'clock ; do you hear ? '' `` I hear , sir , '' said Mr. James . Mr. James Bowdoin lost his temper at once . `` Oh , you do , do you ? ''