eight o'clock
I believe he struck on the subject casually : there was nothing for him to gain or lose in it ; and he had a liking for my father . After puffing the cigarette twice or thrice my father threw it down , resuming his conversation upon the sedan , the appropriate dresses of certain of the great masquerading ladies , and an incident that appeared to charge Jorian DeWitt with having misconducted himself . The moment Lika had gone upstairs for two or three hours ' sleep , he said to me : ` Richie , you and I have no time for that . We must have a man at Falmouth 's house by eight o'clock . If the scrubbing-maid on all fours-not an inelegant position , I have remarked -- declares him dead , we are at Bartlett 's -LRB- money-lender -RRB- by ten : and in Chippenden borough before two post meridian . As I am a tactician , there is mischief ! but I will turn it to my uses , as I did our poor Jorian to-night ; he smuggled in the Chassediane : I led her out on my arm .