eight o’clock
in the evening
he asked bitterly . She all but laughed with glad confidence . ` Oh , I will trust you ! ' Adela and her husband did not return from Belwick till eight o'clock in the evening . In the first place Mr. Yottle had to be sent for from a friend 's house in the country , where he was spending Sunday ; then there was long waiting for a train back to Agworth . The Rodmans , much puzzled to account for the disorder , postponed dinner . Adela , however , dined alone , and but slightly , though she had not eaten since breakfast .