about eight o'clock
`` I 'll do my best . Be careful what you say about Henry Hammond , or your mission may be in vain . '' After considerable coaxing , Eva finally wrung from Marian a promise to visit her that evening . She arrived about eight o'clock , and Eva tactfully producing a box of nut chocolates , a confection of which Marian was very fond , the two girls seated themselves in the Allen 's cozy sitting room , with the box on a taboret between them . Marian became more like her old self again , and the two girls were laughing merrily over the antics of Eva 's Angora kitten when the doorbell rang , and Eva , looking rather conscious , went to the door . At the sound of girlish voices , Marian rose , a look of intense annoyance on her face , which deepened as the Phi Sigma Tau trooped into the room , and laughingly surrounded her . `` How are you , Marian ? ''