eight o'clock in the evening
You see how well I thrive without you . '' `` Then when we are -- '' `` Well ? '' said Alice . For this was eight o'clock in the evening , you know , and the moon being four days past the full , it was pitch dark . `` Well ? '' says she . `` When we are married , '' says Sam , audaciously , `` I suppose you will pine away to nothing . ''