eight o’clock in the evening
`` Do you remember whether in any way you had anything to do with fire , matches , or such things ? '' `` Oh no , I am much too careful for that . '' `` When were you last in the barn ? '' `` At eight o'clock in the evening . '' `` What were you doing there ? '' `` I made my usual evening round before I locked the gates . '' `` Do you always lock the gates yourself ? ''