eight at night
It cast on the ground before him an opaque shadow , blurred about the edges . `` Pretty good day , at that , '' remarked the Very Young Man , throwing out his chest . The Doctor laughed . `` It 's half-past eight at night , '' he said . `` And if you 'll remember half an hour ago , it 's a very stormy night , too . '' The Big Business Man stopped short in his walk . `` Just think , '' he said pointing up into the gray of the sky , with a note of awe in his voice , `` over there , not more than fifteen feet away , is a window , looking down towards the Gaiety Theater and Broadway . ''