eight o'clock
`` Oh , yes , I do n't mind doing that ! '' returned Emma . `` It 's my night out this evening , and I shall be down High Street , so I can easily call at Parker 's on my road . They do n't close till eight o'clock . '' `` And you promise you 'll never breathe a single word to anybody about this ? '' `` Not likely ! '' declared Emma , as she turned away to finish laying her table .